Neotominae

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? Neotomines Fossil Range: Late Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Superfamily: Muroidea Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribes
Baiomyini Neotomini Peromyscini

The subfamily Neotominae consists of numerous species of New World rats and mice that are predominantly found in North America. Among them are the well known deer mice, white-footed mice, pack rats, and grasshopper mice.

Neotomines are related to the other two subfamilies of mice in the New World, Sigmodontinae and Tylomyinae. Many authorities place them all in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.

List of Genera

• Subfamily Neotominae
  • Tribe Baiomyini
    • Baiomys
    • Scotinomys
  • Tribe Neotomini
    • Neotoma
    • Xenomys
    • Hodomys
    • Nelsonia
  • Tribe Peromyscini
    • Peromyscus
    • Reithrodontomys
    • Onychomys
    • Neotomodon
    • Ochrotomys
    • Podomys
    • Isthmomys
    • Megadontomys
    • Habromys
    • Osgoodomys

References

• Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004. Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.

See also

• New World rats and mice