Neotominae is a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. It consists of three tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice. Most of them are found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packrats, and grasshopper mice.
Neotomines are related to the other two subfamilies of mice in the New World, Sigmodontinae and Tylomyinae. Many authorities place them all in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Neotominae
Tribe Baiomyini
Baiomys - Pygmy Mice
Scotinomys - Brown Mice
Tribe Neotomini
Neotoma - Pack Rats
Xenomys - Magdalena Rat
Hodomys - Allen's Woodrat
Nelsonia
Tribe Ochrotomyini
Ochrotomys - Golden Mouse
Tribe Peromyscini
Peromyscus - Deer Mice
Reithrodontomys - New World Harvest Mice
Onychomys - Grasshopper Mouse
Neotomodon - Mexican Volcano Mouse
Podomys - Florida Mouse
Isthmomys - Isthmus Rats
Megadontomys - Giant Deer Mice
Habromys
Osgoodomys - Michoacan Deer Mouse
Related pages
New World rats and mice
References
Reeder, S. A., D. S. Carroll, C. W. Edwards, C. W. Kilpatrick, R. D. Bradley. 2006. Neotomine-peromyscine rodent systematics based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40:251-258. Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004. Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.