Biology:Baiomyini

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Short description: Tribe of rodents

Baiomyini
Scotinomys teguina, Nyctomys sumichrasti.jpg
Scotinomys teguina (left)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Baiomyini
Musser and Carleton, 2005
Type genus
Baiomys
True, 1894
Genera

Baiomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Neotominae occurring from the southern United States to Panama. It includes the genera Baiomys and Scotinomys, with a total of four living species.[1]


Baiomyini rodents sing; they chirp to find a mating partner as well as to locate each other when they spread out (Miller and Engstrom, 2007).

References

  1. Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1049, 1085–1086

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2741416 entry