What is Neotominae?
{{redlinks|date=October 2011}} {{Taxobox | name = Neotomines | fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] - Recent | image = Peromyscus_maniculatus.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Peromyscus maniculatus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | superfamilia = [[Muroidea]] | familia = [[Cricetidae]] | subfamilia = '''Neotominae''' | subfamilia_authority = Merriam, 1894 | subdivision_ranks = [[Tribe]]s | subdivision = [[Baiomyini]] <br /> [[Neotomini]] <br /> [[Ochrotomyini]]<br> [[Peromyscini]] }} '''''Neotominae''''' is a [[subfamily]] of the [[scientific classification|family]] [[Cricetidae]]. It consists of three tribes, 16 [[genus|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 mouse|deer mice]], [[white-footed mouse|white-footed mice]], [[packrat]]s, and [[grasshopper mouse|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-peromys