The
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Tylomyinae consists of several species of
New World rats and mice
The New World rats and mice are a group of related rodents found in North and South America. They are extremely diverse in appearance and ecology, ranging from the tiny '' Baiomys'' to the large '' Kunsia''. They represent one of the few example ...
including the vesper and climbing rats. They are not as well known as their relatives in the subfamilies
Sigmodontinae
The rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae includes New World rats and mice, with at least 376 species. Many authorities include the Neotominae and Tylomyinae as part of a larger definition of Sigmodontinae. When those genera are included, the species ...
and
Neotominae
The Neotominae are a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. They consist of four tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice, predominantly found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, packrats, and grasshopp ...
. Many authorities place all three of these subfamilies in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.
List of Species
*SUBFAMILY TYLOMYINAE
**Tribe
Nyctomyini
***Genus ''
Otonyctomys''
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Hatt's vesper rat, ''Otonyctomys hatti''
***Genus ''
Nyctomys''
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Sumichrast's vesper rat, ''Nyctomys sumichrasti''
**Tribe
Tylomyini
***Genus ''
Tylomys''
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Chiapan climbing rat, ''Tylomys bullaris''
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Fulvous-bellied climbing rat, ''Tylomys fulviventer''
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Mira climbing rat, ''Tylomys mirae''
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Peters's climbing rat, ''Tylomys nudicaudus''
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Panamanian climbing rat, ''Tylomys panamensis''
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Tumbala climbing rat, ''Tylomys tumbalensis''
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Watson's climbing rat, ''Tylomys watsoni''
***Genus ''
Ototylomys''
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Big-eared climbing rat, ''Ototylomys phyllotis''
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La Pera big-eared climbing rat, ''Ototylomys chiapensis''
See also
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New World rats and mice
The New World rats and mice are a group of related rodents found in North and South America. They are extremely diverse in appearance and ecology, ranging from the tiny '' Baiomys'' to the large '' Kunsia''. They represent one of the few example ...
References
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*Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004.
Phylogeny
A phylogenetic tree or phylogeny is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or Taxon, taxa during a specific time.Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, M ...
and
divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in
muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear
gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...
s. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.
Cricetidae
Mammal subfamilies
Taxa named by Osvaldo Reig
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