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Subfamily Cricetomyinae Roberts, 1951. Mammals S Africa, p. 434. SYNONYMS: Saccostomurinae. COMMENTS: Although initially classified within Murinae (e.g., Ellerman, 1941; Simpson, 1945; Thomas, 1897a), systematists acknowledged a closer affinity of African pouched rats to one another than to other murines, a distinction later formalized by Roberts (1951). Subsequent systematic arrangements have followed Petter (1966a) in allying cricetomyines with cricetids (Reig, 1980; Rosevear, 1969). Anatomy of internal cheek pouches supports the monophyly of the subfamily (see Ryan, 1989b); other morphological traits and phylogenetic interpretations summarized by Carleton and Musser (1984). Roberts (1951) segregated Saccostomus, as the lone member of Saccostomurinae, from other African pouched rats (Cricetomyinae), a division not recognized by later systematists (Petter, 1966a; Ryan, 1989b).

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 540, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098