Sigmodontinae

Sigmodon hispidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus (11): Abrotrichini – Akodontini – Andinomyini – Euneomyini – Ichthyomyini – Oryzomyini – Phyllotini – Reithrodontini – Sigmodontini – Thomasomyini – Wiedomyini

Genera incertae sedis (5 + †8): Abrawayaomys – Chinchillula – †Chukimys – †Cordimus – †Dankomys – Delomys – †Ichthyurodon – Juliomys – †Megaoryzomys – Neomicroxus – †Olympicomys – †Panchomys – †Tafimys

Name

• Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843: 398

Type genus: Sigmodon Say & Ord, 1825, by subsequent designaton.

Combinations

• Sigmodontes Wagner, 1843: 398 [original spelling]
• Sigmodontinae: Thomas, 1897: 1019 [latinized as a subfamilia rank]
• Sigmodontini: Hershkovitz, 1966: 746, 747 [tribe rank]

Synonyms

• Hesperomyinae Murray, 1866: 358 [proposed as subfamilia rank]
• Hesperomyes: Winge, 1888: [alternative spellling]
• Hesperomyidae: Ameghino, 1889: 109 [familia rank]
• Hesperomyini: Simpson, 1945: 83 [tribe rank]

References

Primary references

• Wagner, J.A. 1843. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen von Dr. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Supplementband. Dritter Abtheilung: Die Beutelthiere und Nager (erster Abschnitt). Erlangen: Expedition das Schreber’schen Säugthierund des Esper’sschen Schmetterlingswerkes, und in Commission der Voss’schen Buchhandlung in Leipzig 3: xiv + 614 pp., pls. 85–165.
• Murray, A. 1866. The geographical distribution of mammals. Day and Son: London. 420 pp.
• Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Ameghino, F. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamiferos fósiles de la República Argentina. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba, Buenos Aires 6: xxxii + 11027 pp.; atlas, 98 pls., each with text.
• Thomas, O. 1897. On the genera of rodents: an attempt to bring up to date the current arrangement of the Order. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(part IV): 1012–1028. [Part IV of the 1896 volume of the Proceedings was published in April 1897; see Duncan 1937.]
• Simpson, G.G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85: xvi + 350 pp. hdl: 2246/1104 Reference page. 
• Hershkovitz, P. 1966. Mice, land bridges and Latin American faunal interchange. Pp. 725–751 In Wenzel, R.L. & Tipton,V.J. (Eds.). Ectoparasites of Panama. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. xii + 861 pp.

Additional references

• D’Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. & Patton, J.L. 2007. Definition and diagnosis of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), and a revised classification of the subfamily. Gayana 71(2): 187–194. PDF Reference page. 
• Guglielmone, A.A. & Nava, S. 2011. Rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Myomorpha: Cricetidae) as hosts for South American hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with hypotheses on life history. Zootaxa 2904: 45–65. Preview. Preview
• Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. & Salazar-Bravo, J. 2015. A new tribe of Sigmodontinae rodents (Cricetidae). Mastozoología Neotropical 22(1): 171–186. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• D’Elía, G. 2015. Sigmodontinae incertae sedis. Pp. 70-73 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 
• Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Zeballos, H. & Teta, P. 2016. Description of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with an update summary of valid tribes and their generic contents. Occasional papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 338: 1–24. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Sigmodontinae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.