Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Xenomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Xenomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Xenomys
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:
Xenomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hall, E. Raymond
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-04-03 / 1981-04-03
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
601-1175
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-05443-5/
Notes:
Reference for:
Xenomys
Xenomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Xenomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Neotomini. Retained as a genus since its description. Among woodrats believed to share common ancestry with Hodomys (Carleton, 1980); banded karyotype reported by Haiduk et al. (1988), who noted its resemblance to those of Onychomys and Peromyscus; restriction-site analyses of mitochrondrial DNA portrayed Xenomys and Ototylomys as a clade basal to nine Neotoma species studied, including N. cinerea (subgenus Teonoma) and N. phenax (subgenus Teanopus) (Planz et al., 1996). Sister-group kinshi...