Dendromus Dendroprionomys Malacothrix Megadendromus Prionomys Steatomys Dendromurinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Nesomyidae and superfamily Muroidea.

The link rat, Deomys ferugineus, has been traditionally placed in this subfamily, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it is more related to the spiny mice, genus Acomys.

Another rare genus of "dendromurines", Leimacomys, has recently been placed in a new subfamily (Leimacomyinae) in the family Muridae (Musser and Carleton, 2005).

It has been thought that dendromurines invaded Africa from there and became extinct in Asia due to competition with other muroids.

The same may be holding true at present in Africa as the dendromurines have declined there since the invasion of murines and other muroids.