Tylomyinae

From Freepedia

? Tylomyines Fossil Record: none
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Superfamily: Muroidea Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Tylomyinae
Genera
Otonyctomys Nyctomys Tylomys Ototylomys

The subfamily Tylomyinae consists of several species of New World rats and mice including the vesper and climbing rats. They are not as well-known as their relatives in the subfamilies Sigmodontinae and Neotominae. Many authorities place all three of these subfamilies in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.

List of Genera

• Subfamily Tylomyinae
  • Otonyctomys
  • Nyctomys
  • Tylomys
  • Ototylomys

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