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Genus of rodents

Hylaeamys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Hylaeamys
Weksler et al., 2006
Type species
Mus megacephalus
Fischer, 1814
Species

Hylaeamys acritus
Hylaeamys laticeps
Hylaeamys megacephalus
Hylaeamys oniscus
Hylaeamys perenensis
Hylaeamys tatei
Hylaeamys yunganus

Hylaeamys is a genus of South American oryzomyine rodents found principally in humid forested areas east of the Andes. The species in this genus have historically been placed in Oryzomys. They are most closely related to Euryoryzomys, Transandinomys, Nephelomys, Oecomys, and Handleyomys, and most closely resemble species of the former two genera. They are distinguished from members of Euryoryzomys by all-dark or indistinct two-tone tail coloration (as opposed to the distinct two-tone tail coloration of Euryoryzomys), from members of Transandinomys by having shorter whiskers above their eyes that do not extend posteriorly behind their ears, and in both cases by differences in carotid circulation. The genus is named after hylaea ("forest" in Greek), the term used by Humboldt for the lowland South American rainforests that are the main habitat of the genus.

The genus currently comprises the following species:

References

Species of tribe Oryzomyini (rice rats)
Aegialomys
Agathaeromys
Amphinectomys
Carletonomys
Cerradomys
Drymoreomys
Eremoryzomys
Euryoryzomys
Handleyomys
Holochilus
Hylaeamys
Lundomys
Megalomys
Melanomys
Microakodontomys
Microryzomys
Mindomys
Neacomys
Nectomys
Nephelomys
Nesoryzomys
Noronhomys
Oecomys
Oligoryzomys
Oreoryzomys
Oryzomys
Pennatomys
Pseudoryzomys
Reigomys
Scolomys
Sigmodontomys
Sooretamys
Transandinomys
Zygodontomys
Incertae sedis
Myomorpha
Myomorpha
Anomalomyidae
Dipodoidea
Dipodidae
Allactaginae
Cardiocraniinae
Dipodinae
Dipodini
Paradipodini
Euchoreutinae
Simimyidae
Sminthidae
Zapodidae
Muroidea
Armintomyidae
Platacanthomyidae
Spalacidae
Myospalacinae
Rhizomyinae
Spalacinae
Eumuroida
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Eumuroida
Calomyscidae
Cricetidae
Arvicolinae
Arvicolini
Clethrionomyini
Dicrostonychini
Ellobiusini
Lagurini
Lemmini
Microtini
Ondatrini
Pliophenacomyini
Pliomyini
Cricetinae
Democricetodontinae
Neotominae
Baiomyini
Neotomini
Ochrotomyini
Reithrodontomyini
Sigmodontinae
Oryzomyalia
Abrotrichini
Akodontini
Ozyzomyini
Phyllotini
Thomasomyini
Wiedomyini
Sigmodontalia
Ichthyomyini
Sigmodontini
Tylomyinae
Nyctomyini
Tylomyini
Muridae
Deomyinae
Gerbillinae
Desmodilliscini
Gerbillini
Gerbillurini
Taterillini
Leimacomyinae
Lophiomyinae
Murinae
Apodemini
Arvicanthini
Hapalomyini
Hydromyini
Malacomyini
Millardini
Murini
Otomyini
Phloeomyini
Praomyini
Rattini
Vandeleurini
Pseudocricetodontinae
Nesomyidae
Cricetomyinae
Delanymyinae
Dendromurinae
Mystromyinae
Nesomyinae
Petromyscinae
Peromyscus pembertoni

Cricetus cricetus Malpaisomys insularis Canariomys bravoi Canarios tamarani

Apomys gracilirostris
Taxon identifiers
Hylaeamys


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