Baiomyini
Scotinomys teguina (left)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Baiomyini
Musser and Carleton, 2005
Type genus
Baiomys
True, 1894
Genera

Baiomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Neotominae occurring from the southern United States to Panama. It includes the genera Baiomys and Scotinomys, with a total of four living species.[1]


Baiomyini rodents sing; they chirp to find a mating partner as well as to locate each other when they spread out (Miller and Engstrom, 2007).

References

  1. Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1049, 1085–1086

References

  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
  • Miller, J. R., & Engstrom, M. D. (2007). Vocal Stereotypy and Singing Behavior in Baiomyine Mice. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(6), 1447–1465. https://doi.org/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-386R.1
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