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