Nyctomyini

Nyctomyini Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Nyctomys sumichrasti (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Tylomyinae
Tribe:	Nyctomyini Musser and Carleton, 2005
Type genus
Nyctomys Saussure, 1860
Genera
Otonyctomys Nyctomys

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.

Classification

Tribe Nyctomyini

• Genus Otonyctomys
  • Hatt's Vesper Rat, Otonyctomys hatti
• GenusNyctomys
  • Sumichrast's Vesper Rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti

References

• 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.