Baiomyini is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

s in the subfamily

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, white-footed mice, packra ...

occurring from the southern United States to Panama. It includes the genera ''

Baiomys ''Baiomys'' is the genus of New World pygmy mice. Together with '' Scotinomys'', it forms the tribe Baiomyini. It currently contains two extant species: *Southern pygmy mouse, '' Baiomys musculus'' *Northern pygmy mouse, '' Baiomys taylori'' ...

'' and ''

Scotinomys ''Scotinomys'' is a genus of rodent, the singing mice, in the family Cricetidae. Together with ''Baiomys'', it forms the tribe Baiomyini Baiomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Neotominae occurring from the southern United States to P ...

'', with a total of four living species.Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1049, 1085–1086

References

*Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.)
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. {{Taxonbar, from=Q2741416 Neotominae Mammal tribes Taxa named by Guy Musser Taxa named by Michael D. Carleton