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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Neotominae
GENUS Xenomys
| Author: | Merriam, 1892. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 160. | | Type Species: | Xenomys nelsoni Merriam, 1892. | | Comments: | Neotomini. Retained as a genus since its description. Among woodrats believed to share common ancestry with Hodomys (Carleton, 1980); banded karyotype reported by Haiduk et al. (1988), who noted its resemblance to those of Onychomys and Peromyscus; restriction-site analyses of mitochrondrial DNA portrayed Xenomys and Ototylomys as a clade basal to nine Neotoma species studied, including N. cinerea (subgenus Teonoma) and N. phenax (subgenus Teanopus) (Planz et al., 1996). Sister-group kinship with Hodomys and generic rank reaffirmed based on broad molecular survey (cytochrome b) of Neotoma species, including N. (Teonoma) cinerea (Edwards and Bradley, 2002b). |
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| Offspring: SPECIES nelsoni | Synonyms: |
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