Oryzomyini

Oryzomyini
Temporal range: Pleistocene – recent
Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Vorontzov, 1959
Type genus
Oryzomys
Baird, 1858
Genera
Diversity
About 120 species in about 30 genera
Synonyms
  • Oryzomyini Vorontsov, 1959
  • Zygodontomyini Eisenberg, 1989 (nomen nudum)

Oryzomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of the family Cricetidae. It includes about 120 species in about thirty genera,[1] distributed from the eastern United States to the southernmost parts of South America, including many offshore islands. It is part of the clade Oryzomyalia, which includes most of the South American Sigmodontinae.

The name Oryzomyini derives from that of its type genus, Oryzomys, which means "rice rat" or "rice mouse". Many species are also known as rice rats.

  1. ^ Weksler et al., 2006, table 1