Taxonomy Profile: Neotominae (Merriam 1894)

Neotominae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Subfamily
Synonym(s):
Baiomyini
Musser and Carleton 2005
Ochrotomyini
Musser and Carleton 2005
Onychomyini
Vorontsov 1959
Peromyscini
Hershkovitz 1966
Reithrodontomyini
Vorontsov 1959
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Neotominae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Neotominae
Neotominae Direct Children(s):
Peromyscus
(Gloger 1841)
Podomys
(Osgood 1909)
Reithrodontomys
(Giglioli 1874)
Baiomys
(True 1894)
Neotoma
(Say and Ord 1825)
Ochrotomys
(Osgood 1909)
Onychomys
(Baird 1857)
Habromys
(Hooper and Musser 1964)
Hodomys
(Merriam 1894)
Isthmomys
(Hooper and Musser 1964)
Megadontomys
(Merriam 1898)
Nelsonia
(Merriam 1897)
Neotomodon
(Merriam 1898)
Osgoodomys
(Hooper and Musser 1964)
Scotinomys
(Thomas 1913)
Xenomys
(Merriam 1892)
Neotominae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Neotominae
Neotominae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Neotominae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Merriam's (1894) definition of the subfamily included North American woodrats and certain South American fossils with high-crowned molars (Ptyssophorus and Tretomys, now considered synonyms of Reithrodon by Pardiñas, 2000a). Usage as a formal subfamily was observed (e.g., Miller and Rehn, 1901; Miller, 1912b) until Miller and Gidley (1918) considered the genera to be members of a diverse Cricetinae, as did Ellerman (1940) and Simpson (1945). A broadened family-group concept reemerged in an ...