刚果攀鼠亚科

剛果攀鼠亞科（學名：Deomyinae）是啮齿目鼠科五個亞科當中最新的一個亞科，包含四個属；成立以前，本亞科的成員舊屬鼠亞科或Dendromurinae。有部分文獻稱呼本亞科為 非洲刺毛鼠科（學名：Acomyinae），特別是在本亞科演化支存在的關鍵物種、剛果攀鼠屬的Deomys ferugineus被發現之前。由於剛果攀鼠屬的學名比非洲刺毛鼠屬較早被命名，所以在這條演化支的命名上有優化權。

刚果攀鼠亚科 化石时期：
Eastern spiny mouse (Acomys dimidiatus)
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	哺乳纲 Mammalia
目：	啮齿目 Rodentia
科：	鼠科 Muridae
亚科：	刚果攀鼠亚科 Deomyinae Thomas, 1888
属
非洲刺毛鼠屬 Acomys 剛果攀鼠屬 Deomys 剛毛鼠屬 Lophuromys 白腹蓬毛鼠屬 Uranomys

在生物形態學上，本亞科物種並沒有可以與其他亞科成員分辨出來的明顯特徵。由文獻提出可從牠們是否存在第三上大臼齿來判斷，但不獲普遍接納。所以本亞科純綷是因為基因突變的共同特徵而成立的，而這涉及對這些物種的細胞核、线粒体DNA及DNA-DNA雜化在统计学上的分析。基於這個理由，預期當科學家對其他鼠科物種的分子系统发生学研究增加，本亞科成員可能會繼續增加，從其他亞科（很可能還是鼠亞科或Dendromurinae ）遷入。

由於本亞科的所有成員均在非洲棲息，牠們的起源很可能亦同樣在非洲；不過非洲刺毛鼠屬亦有物種分佈於亚洲。

屬與物種

以下詳列本亞科之下的四個屬及其54個物種：

• Subfamily Deomyinae
  • Genus 非洲刺毛鼠屬 - spiny mice
    • Western Saharan spiny mouse, Acomys airensis
    • 开罗刺鼠, Acomys cahirinus
    • Chudeau's spiny mouse, Acomys chudeaui
    • Asia Minor spiny mouse, Acomys cilicicus
    • Gray spiny mouse, Acomys cineraceus
    • Eastern spiny mouse, Acomys dimidiatus
    • Fiery spiny mouse, Acomys ignitus
    • Johan's spiny mouse, Acomys johannis
    • Kemp's spiny mouse, Acomys kempi
    • Louise's spiny mouse, Acomys louisae
    • Crete spiny mouse, Acomys minous
    • Mullah spiny mouse, Acomys mullah
    • Cyprus spiny mouse, Acomys nesiotes
    • Percival's spiny mouse, Acomys percivali
    • 金刺鼠, Acomys russatus
    • Seurat's spiny mouse, Acomys seurati
    • Southern African spiny mouse, Acomys spinosissimus
    • Cape spiny mouse, Acomys subspinosus
    • Wilson's spiny mouse, Acomys wilsoni
  • Genus Deomys
    • Link rat, Deomys ferrugineus
  • Genus 剛毛鼠屬 - brush-furred mice
    • Subgenus Kivumys
      • Yellow-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys luteogaster
      • Medium-tailed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys medicaudatus
      • Woosnam's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys woosnami
    • Subgenus Lophuromys
      • Angolan brush-furred rat, Lophuromys angolensis
      • Ansorge's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys ansorgei
      • Gray brush-furred rat, Lophuromys aquilus
      • Short-tailed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys brevicaudus
      • Thomas's Ethiopian brush-furred rat, Lophuromys brunneus
      • Chercher Mountains brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys chercherensis
      • Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat, Lophuromys chrysopus
      • Dieterlen's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys dieterleni
      • Dudu's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys dudui
      • Eisentraut's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys eisentrauti
      • Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat, Lophuromys flavopunctatus
      • Hutterer's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys huttereri
      • Kilonzo's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys kilonzoi
      • Lophuromys laticeps
      • Lophuromys machangui
      • Makundi's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys makundii
      • Lophuromys margarettae
      • Black-clawed brush-furred rat, Lophuromys melanonyx
      • Menagesha brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys menageshae
      • Fire-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys nudicaudus
      • False rusty-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys pseudosikapusi
      • Rahm's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys rahmi
      • Lophuromys rita
      • Mount Cameroon brush-furred rat, Lophuromys roseveari
      • Sabuni's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys sabunii
      • Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat, Lophuromys sikapusi
      • Lophuromys simensis
      • Stanley's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys stanleyi
      • Verhagen's brush-furred mouse, Lophuromys verhageni
      • Zena's brush-furred rat, Lophuromys zena
  • Genus 白腹蓬毛鼠屬
    • 白腹蓬毛鼠屬, Uranomys ruddi

參考文獻

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