Nyctomyini

Nyctomyini
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Nyctomys sumichrasti (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Tylomyinae
Tribe: Nyctomyini
Musser and Carleton, 2005
Type genus
Nyctomys
Saussure, 1860[1]
Genera

Otonyctomys
Nyctomys

Nyctomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Tylomyinae which includes two genera, Nyctomys and Otonyctomys, each with a single species. Both are medium-sized rats with tawny to brownish fur and a hairy tail.[1]

Classification

Tribe Nyctomyini

References

  1. 1 2 Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1187
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