Oryzomyini

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Oryzomyini Fossil range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Oryzomyini Vorontsov, 1959
Genera
Amphinectomys Handleyomys Holochilus Lundomys Megalomys Melanomys Microakodontomys Microryzomys Neacomys Nectomys Nesoryzomys Noronhomys Oecomys Oligoryzomys Oryzomys Pseudoryzomys Sigmodontomys Zygodontomys

Oryzomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Sigmodontinae.

[edit] Genera

• Holochilus - Marsh Rats
• Megalomys - Giant Rice Rats
• Melanomys - Dark Rice Rats
• Microryzomys - Small Rice Rats
• Nectomys - Water Rats
• Nesoryzomys - Galapagos Mice
• Oecomys - Arboreal Rice Rats
• Oligoryzomys - Pygmy Rice Rats
• Oryzomys - Rice Rats
• Pseudoryzomys - False Rice Rats
• Scolomys- New World Spiny Mice
• Sigmodontomys - Rice Water Rats
• Zygodontomys - Cane Mice
• Amphinectomys
• Neacomys
• Lundomys
• Microakodontomys
• Handleyomys
• Noronhomys†

[edit] 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.