Baiomyini

Baiomyini
Scotinomys teguina (left)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Tribe: Baiomyini
Musser and Carleton, 2005
Type genus
Baiomys
True, 1894
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 four living species.[1]

Baiomyini rodents sing; they chirp to find a mating partner as well as to locate each other when they spread out.[2]

  1. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1049, 1085–1086
  2. ^ Miller, Jacqueline R.; Engstrom, Mark D. (December 2007). "Vocal Stereotypy and Singing Behavior in Baiomyine Mice". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (6): 1447–1465. doi:10.1644/06-mamm-a-386r.1. ISSN 0022-2372.