Tylomyini

Tylomyini Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent

Tylomys panamensis (lower animal).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Tylomyinae
Tribe:	Tylomyini Reig, 1984
Genera
Tylomys Ototylomys

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

GenusTylomys
- Chiapan Climbing Rat, Tylomys bullaris
- Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat, Tylomys fulviventer
- Mira Climbing Rat, Tylomys mirae
- Peters's Climbing Rat, Tylomys nudicaudus
- Panamanian Climbing Rat, Tylomys panamensis
- Tumbala Climbing Rat, Tylomys tumbalensis
- Watson's Climbing Rat, Tylomys watsoni
GenusOtotylomys
- Big-eared Climbing Rat, Ototylomys phyllotis

Extant species of subfamily Tylomyinae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae

Nyctomyini

Otonyctomys	Hatt's Vesper Rat (O. hatti)

Nyctomys	Sumichrast's Vesper Rat (N. sumichrasti)

Tylomyini

Tylomys	Chiapan Climbing Rat (T. bullaris) Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat (T. fulviventer) Mira Climbing Rat (T. mirae) Peters's Climbing Rat (T. nudicaudus) Panamanian Climbing Rat (T. panamensis) Tumbala Climbing Rat (T. tumbalensis) Watson's Climbing Rat (T. watsoni)

Ototylomys	Big-eared Climbing Rat (O. phyllotis)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, November 04, 2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.