Baiomyini

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Baiomyini
File:Scotinomys teguina, Nyctomys sumichrasti.jpg
Scotinomys teguina (left)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Baiomyini
Musser & 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 five living species.[1][2]

Baiomyini rodents 'sing'; they chirp to find a mating partner as well as to locate each other when they spread out.[3]

References

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