Tylomyinae

Subfamily of rodents

Tylomyines
Tylomys panamensis (lower animal).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Tylomyinae
Reig, 1984
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 Species

See also

References

  • Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • 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.
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Extant subfamilies of family Cricetidae
  • Arvicolinae (voles, lemmings and muskrat)
  • Cricetinae (hamsters)
New World rats and mice
Neotominae (deer mice and relatives)
Sigmodontinae (rice rats, oldfield mice and relatives)
Tylomyinae (vesper mice and climbing mice)
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Extant species of subfamily Tylomyinae
Nyctomyini
Otonyctomys
  • Hatt's vesper rat (O. hatti)
Nyctomys
  • Sumichrast's vesper rat (N. sumichrasti)
Tylomyini
Tylomys
  • Chiapan climbing rat (T. bullaris)
  • Fulvous-bellied climbing rat (T. fulviventer)
  • Mira climbing rat (T. mirae)
  • Peters's climbing rat (T. nudicaudus)
  • Panamanian climbing rat (T. panamensis)
  • Tumbala climbing rat (T. tumbalensis)
  • Watson's climbing rat (T. watsoni)
Ototylomys
  • Big-eared climbing rat (O. phyllotis)
Taxon identifiers
Tylomyinae


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