Subfamily

Neotominae (North american mice and rats)

Neotoma cinerea. Photo: (c) sohzendeh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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The Neotominae are a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. They consist of four tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice, predominantly found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packrats, and grasshopper mice.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Myomorpha (Mice, rats, and hamsters)
        Superfamily: Muroidea (Muroids)
        Family: Cricetidae (Hamsters, voles, lemmings, and allies)
        Subfamily: Neotominae (North american mice and rats)
        Tribe: Neotomini (Pack rats) (2)
        Tribe: Reithrodontomyini (Harvest and deer mice) (4)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Neotomini (Pack rats)

Tribe: Reithrodontomyini (Harvest and deer mice)

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