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Genus of rodents

Baiomys
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Recent
Baiomys musculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Baiomyini
Genus: Baiomys
True, 1894
Type species
Hesperomys taylori
Thomas, 1887
Species

Baiomys brunneus (J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1897)
Baiomys musculus (Merriam, 1892)
Baiomys taylori (O. Thomas, 1887)

Baiomys is a genus for the New World pygmy mice. Together with Scotinomys, it forms the tribe Baiomyini. It contains the smallest rodents in North America. It currently contains three extant species:

Additionally, there are seven known fossil species:

  • Baiomys aquilonius Zakrzewski, 1969
  • Baiomys brachygnathus (Gidley, 1922)
  • Baiomys intermedius Packard & T. Alvarez, 1965
  • Baiomys kolbi Hibbard, 1952
  • Baiomys minimus (Gidley, 1922)
  • Baiomys rexroadi Hibbard, 1941
  • Baiomys sawrockensis Hibbard, 1953

References

  1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Packard, Robert L. (16 June 1960). "Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys". University of Kansas Publications. 9 (23). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. Eshelman, Bruce D.; Cameron, Guy N. (12 August 1987). "Baiomys taylori". Mammalian Species (285). doi:10.2307/3503776. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  • Amman, B R., R. D. Bradley. 2003. Molecular evolution in Baiomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): Evidence for a genetic subdivision in B. musculus. Journal of Mammalogy 85:162-166.
  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 3 April 2007.
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