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GENUS Tylomys
Author: | Peters, 1866. | Citation: | Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866: 404. | Type Species: | Hesperomys nudicaudus Peters, 1866. | Comments: | Tylomyini. Closely related to Ototylomys (see previous account). Phylogenetic evaluations of cytochrome b sequences arrange Tylomys either as sister-group to Sigmodontinae (D’Elía et al., 2003) or as a member of a polytomy that includes Arvicolinae-Neotominae-Sigmodontinae (D’Elía et al., in press). Nominal species listed follow Hall (1981:626), who remarked that "Study … may show that some of the species are only subspecies." Such taxonomic study is overdue. |
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