After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Thomasomyini Steadman & Ray, 1982 |--o †Megaoryzomys Lenglet & Coppois, 1979; L.Pleist.-R., Pac. | |-- †M. curioi (galapagoksenjättirotta) [Isla Santa Cruz] | `-- †M. sp. [Isla Isabela] |-- Chilomys instans Thomas, 1897; R. SA. (kolumbianmetsähiiri) |-- Abrawayaomys ruschii Cunha & Cruz, 1979; R. SA. (brasilianpiikkirotta) |--o Delomys Thomas, 1917; Pleist.-R. SA. | |-- D. dorsalis | `-- D. sublineatus |--o Thomasomys Coues, 1884 [incl. Erioryzomys Bangs, 1900; Inomys Thomas, 1917] R. SA. | |?- T. eleusis | |?- T. niveipes | |?- T. silvestris | |-- T. aureus | |-- T. laniger | |-- T. monochromos | |-- T. baeops | |-- T. kalinowskii | |-- T. vestitus | |-- T. hylophilus | |-- T. bombycinus | |-- T. cinereiventer | |-- T. rhoadsi | |-- T. cinereus | |-- T. ischyurus | |-- T. gracilis | |-- T. pyrrhonotus | |-- T. paramorum | |-- T. oreas | |-- T. rosalinda | |-- T. taczanowskii | |-- T. notatus | |-- T. daphne | |-- T. ladewi | |-- T. incanus | |-- T. dorsalis | |-- T. pictipes | `-- T. oenax |--o Wilfredomys Avila Pires, 1960; R. SA. | |-- W. oenax | `-- W. pictipes |--o Aepeomys Thomas, 1898; R. SA. | `-- A. lugens |-- Phaenomys ferrugineus Thomas, 1917; R. SA. `--o Rhipidomys Tschudi, 1844 (Winge, 1888) [Hesperomys (Rhipidomys) Tschudi, 1844] Pleist.-R. SA., R. CA. (Climbing mice) |?- R. austrinus |?- R. caucensis |?- R. nitela |?- R. ochrogaster |?- R. wetzeli |--+-- R. latimanus | |?- R. fulviventer [ssp. => R.latimanus] | `?- R. venustus [ssp. => R.latimanus] |-- R. leucodactylus |-- R. macconnelli |-- R. maculipes |--+-- R. mastacalis | `?- R. venezuelae [ssp. => R. mastacalis] |-- R. scandens `--+-- R. sclateri `?- R. couesi [ssp. => R. sclateri]
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Steadman, D. W. & Ray, C. E., 1982: The relationships of Megaoryzomys curioi, an extinct cricetine rodent (Muroidea: Muridae) from the Calápagos Islands, Ecuador.
–Smithsonian Contributions of Paleobiology: No. 51, pp. iv-23