Neotomines are related to the other two subfamilies of mice in the
New World, the
Sigmodontinae and
Tylomyinae. Many authorities place them all in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.
^New Species of Reithrodontomys, Subgenus Aporodon (Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with Comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys [1]
Reeder, S. A., D. S. Carroll, C. W. Edwards, C. W. Kilpatrick, R. D. Bradley. 2006. Neotomine-peromyscine rodent systematics based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40:251-258.
Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004.
Phylogeny and
divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in
muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear
genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.
Neotomines are related to the other two subfamilies of mice in the
New World, the
Sigmodontinae and
Tylomyinae. Many authorities place them all in a single subfamily, Sigmodontinae.
^New Species of Reithrodontomys, Subgenus Aporodon (Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with Comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys [1]
Reeder, S. A., D. S. Carroll, C. W. Edwards, C. W. Kilpatrick, R. D. Bradley. 2006. Neotomine-peromyscine rodent systematics based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40:251-258.
Steppan, S. J., R. A. Adkins, and J. Anderson. 2004.
Phylogeny and
divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in
muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear
genes. Systematic Biology, 53:533-553.