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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 subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

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 in from the tiny ''Baiomys'' to the large ''Kunsia''. They represent one of the few exampl ...

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 specie ...

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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 ...

. Many authorities place all three of these subfamilies in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.

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*SUBFAMILY TYLOMYINAE **Tribe

Nyctomyini Nyctomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Tylomyinae 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 relative ...

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Otonyctomys Hatt's vesper rat (''Otonyctomys hatti''), also known as Hatt's vesper mouse or Yucatán vesper rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Otonyctomys''. It is named for its discoverer, Robert T. ...

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Hatt's vesper rat Hatt's vesper rat (''Otonyctomys hatti''), also known as Hatt's vesper mouse or Yucatán vesper rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Otonyctomys''. It is named for its discoverer, Robert T. ...

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Nyctomys Sumichrast's vesper rat (''Nyctomys sumichrasti'') is a rodent of the family Cricetidae found from southern Mexico to Panama. It is named for the collector of the first specimen, and its closest relative is probably Hatt's vesper rat, a similar, ...

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Sumichrast's vesper rat Sumichrast's vesper rat (''Nyctomys sumichrasti'') is a rodent of the family Cricetidae found from southern Mexico to Panama. It is named for the collector of the first specimen, and its closest relative is probably Hatt's vesper rat, a similar, ...

, ''Nyctomys sumichrasti'' **Tribe

Tylomyini Tylomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Tylomyinae. The rats share the characteristics of all being climbing rats. Classification Tribe Tylomyini *Genus''Tylomys'' **Chiapan climbing rat, ''Tylomys bullaris'' **Fulvous-b ...

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Tylomys ''Tylomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species: * Chiapan climbing rat (''Tylomys bullaris'') * Fulvous-bellied climbing rat (''Tylomys fulviventer'') * Mira climbing rat (''Tylomys mirae'') * Peters ...

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Chiapan climbing rat The Chiapan climbing rat (''Tylomys bullaris'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. The species is known from only one location in Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tuxtla Gutiérrez (, ) is the capital and the largest ...

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Fulvous-bellied climbing rat The fulvous-bellied climbing rat (''Tylomys fulviventer'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), ...

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Mira climbing rat The Mira climbing rat (''Tylomys mirae'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( ...

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Peters's climbing rat Peters's climbing rat (''Tylomys nudicaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is th ...

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Panamanian climbing rat The Panamanian climbing rat (''Tylomys panamensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a tr ...

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Tumbala climbing rat The Tumbala climbing rat (''Tylomys tumbalensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico, where it is known only from one locality in Tumbalá, Chiapas. The species is threatened by deforestation Defore ...

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Watson's climbing rat Watson's climbing rat (''Tylomys watsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a ...

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Ototylomys The big-eared climbing rat (''Ototylomys phyllotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrat ...

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Big-eared climbing rat The big-eared climbing rat (''Ototylomys phyllotis'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Central America from Mexico to Costa Rica. Description The big-eared climbing rat is in the order Rodentia and in the family ...

, ''Ototylomys phyllotis'' **** La Pera big-eared climbing rat, ''Ototylomys chiapensis''

References

* *Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004.

Phylogeny A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological spec ...

and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in

muroid rodent The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except ...

s based on multiple nuclear

gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a ba ...

s. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553. Cricetidae Mammal subfamilies Taxa named by Osvaldo Reig {{Cricetidae-stub

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