Baiomys
Appearance
Baiomys Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
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Baiomys musculus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Tribe: | Baiomyini |
Genus: | Baiomys True, 1894 |
Type species | |
Hesperomys taylori[1] | |
Species | |
Baiomys is the genus of New World pygmy mice. Together with Scotinomys, it forms the tribe Baiomyini. It currently contains two extant species:
- Southern pygmy mouse, Baiomys musculus
- Northern pygmy mouse, Baiomys taylori
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Amman, B R., R. D. Bradley. 2003. Molecular evolution in Baiomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): Evidence for a genetic subdivision in B. musculus. Journal of Mammalogy 85:162-166.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System [1]. Accessed 3 April 2007.