Overview
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Scotinomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Together with Baiomys, it forms the tribe Baiomyini. It contains the following species:
- Alston's Brown Mouse (Scotinomys teguina)
- Chiriqui Brown Mouse (Scotinomys xerampelinus)
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- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Genus Scotinomys". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 1085-1086. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000518.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Scotinomys is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in the Genus Scotinomys: S. teguina (Short-Tailed Singing Mouse) · S. teguina stenopygius · S. teguina subnubilus · S. teguina teguina (Alston's Brown Mouse) · S. xerampelinus (Long-Tailed Singing Mouse)
References
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- 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.
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