Nyctomyini
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]
| Nyctomyini Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Nyctomys sumichrasti (right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Tylomyinae |
| Tribe: | Nyctomyini Musser and Carleton, 2005 |
| Genera | |
Classification
Tribe Nyctomyini
- Genus Otonyctomys
- Hatt's vesper rat, Otonyctomys hatti
- Genus Nyctomys
- Sumichrast's vesper rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti
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References
- Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1187
- 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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