Zygodontomys Temporal range:Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Oryzomyini |
Genus: | Zygodontomys J.A. Allen, 1897 |
Type species | |
Oryzomys cherriei J.A. Allen, 1895 | |
Species | |
Zygodontomys is agenus ofrodent in the tribeOryzomyini of the familyCricetidae. Its closest relative may beScolomys. It ranges fromCentral America east to theGuianas. It contains two species:Zygodontomys brunneus andZygodontomys brevicauda.
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