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Monotypic taxon: Genus Otonyctomys Anthony, 1932 - Yucatan vesper rat (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Cricetidae

Subsequent positions

Tylomyini (Tribe) Reig, 1984

Ref: Musser, (G.G.), 1997: 142.

Current position

Tylomyini (Tribe) Reig, 1984

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 142. [new position]

Alternative positions

*Hesperomyinae* (Subfamily) Murray, 1866	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 154.
*Sigmodontinae* (Subfamily) Wagner, 1843	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 726.

Historical positions

*Tylomyini* (Tribe) Reig, 1984	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 142. [new position]
*Sigmodontinae* (Subfamily) Wagner, 1843	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 726.
*Hesperomyinae* (Subfamily) Murray, 1866	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 154.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1993	G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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