Neotomini (Tribe)

Overview

[ Back to top ]

A Tribe in the Kingdom Animalia.

Taxonomy

[ Back to top ]

The Tribe Neotomini is a member of the Subfamily Sigmodontinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Neotomini:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Mammalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
        Cohort: Placentalia (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
        Magnorder: Epitheria (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Anagalida (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
        Mirorder: Simplicidentata (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Order: Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
        Suborder: Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 - Mice, Rats
        Infraorder: Myodonta (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superfamily: Muroidea Illiger, 1811
        Family: Muridae (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821 - campagnols, mice, rats, souris, voles
        Subfamily: Sigmodontinae - New World Mice, New World Rats
        Tribe: Neotomini

The Tribe Neotomini is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (5): Hodomys · Nelsonia · Neotoma · Repomys · Xenomys
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 161 species and subspecies in the Tribe Neotomini.

Genera

[ Back to top ]

Hodomys

Allen's Wood Rat (Hodomys alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is the only species in the genus Hodomys. [more]

Nelsonia

Nelsonia is a genus of rodent in the Cricetidae family, found in Mexico. It contains the following species: [more]

Neotoma

A packrat, also called a woodrat, can be any of the species in the rodent genus Neotoma. Packrats have a rat-like appearance with long tails, large ears and large black eyes. Compared to deer mice, harvest mice and grasshopper mice, packrats are noticeably larger and are usually somewhat larger than cotton rats. [more]

Repomys

Xenomys

The Magdalena Rat (Xenomys nelsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Xenomys. It is endemic to Colima and southwest Jalisco, Mexico, where it is found in coastal lowland forests at elevations up to 450 m. The species is arboreal and nocturnal. It is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation due to deforestation and development. [more]

More info about the Genus Xenomys may be found here.

Sources

[ Back to top ]

The text on this page is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Photographs on this page are copyrighted by individual photographers, and individual copyrights apply.
The technology underlying this page, including the controls behind Keep Exploring, is owned by the BayScience Foundation. All rights are reserved.