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Nyctomyini
Temporal range: Pleistocene - RecentScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Tylomyinae Tribe: Nyctomyini
Musser and Carleton, 2005Type genus Nyctomys
Saussure, 1860Genera Otonyctomys
NyctomysNyctomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Tylomyinae which includes two genera, Nyctomys and Otonyctomys, each with a single species. Both are medium-sized rats with tawny to brownish fur and a hairy tail.[1]
Classification
Tribe Nyctomyini
- Genus Otonyctomys
- Hatt's Vesper Rat, Otonyctomys hatti
- GenusNyctomys
- Sumichrast's Vesper Rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti
References
- ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1187
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Euarchontoglires · Order: Rodentia · Family: Cricetidae Nyctomyini Tylomyini Categories: - Genus Otonyctomys
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