Nyctomyini Explained

Nyctomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Tylomyinae which includes two genera, Nyctomys and Otonyctomys, each with a single species. Both are medium-sized rats with tawny to brownish fur and a hairy tail.^[1]

Classification

Tribe Nyctomyini

• Genus Otonyctomys
  • Hatt's vesper rat, Otonyctomys hatti
• Genus Nyctomys
  • Sumichrast's vesper rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Notes and References

1. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1187