Squamae Explained

In some rodents, squamae are small tubercles resembling scales on the sole of the hindfeet.^[1] Among oryzomyine rodents, their development is variable; most have well-developed squamae, but in others they are indistinct or entirely absent.^[2] Delomys sublineatus and Peromyscus maniculatus also have squamae.^[3]

Literature cited

• Voss, R.S., Gómez-Laverde, M. and Pacheco, V. 2002. A new genus for Aepeomys fuscatus Allen, 1912, and Oryzomys intectus Thomas, 1921: Enigmatic muroid rodents from Andean cloud forests. American Museum Novitates 3373:1–42.
• Weksler, M. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149.
• Weksler . M. . Percequillo . A. R. . Voss . R. S. . Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) . American Museum Novitates . 3537 . 1–29 . . 2006-10-19 . 2246/5815 . 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2.

Notes and References

1. Voss et al., 2002, p. 6
2. Weksler, 2006, p. 23; Weksler et al., 2006, p. 18
3. Weksler, 2006, table 5, p. 23