Megadontomys

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: Neotominae
Tribus: Peromyscini
Genus: Megadontomys
Species (3): M. cryophilus – M. nelsoni – M. thomasi

Name

Megadontomys Merriam, 1898: 115

• Type species: Peromyscus (Megadontomys) thomasi Merriam, 1898, by monotypy.

References

Additional references

• Osgood, W.H. 1909. Revision of the Mice of the American Genus Peromyscus. North American Fauna 28: 1–285. BHL Reference page. 
• Hooper, E.T. & Musser, G.G. 1964. Notes on classification of the rodent genus Peromyscus. Occasional Papers Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 635: 1–13. hdl: 2027.42/57071 Reference page. 
• Carleton, M.D. 1989. Systematics and Evolution. in Kirkland, D.L. & Layne, J. (eds.). Advances in the Study of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Texas Tech University Press: Lubbock. 367 pp. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giant Deer Mice