Baiomyini
Tribe of rodents
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Baiomyini is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Neotominae occurring from the southern United States to Panama. It includes the genera Baiomys and Scotinomys, with a total of five living species.[1][2]
| Baiomyini | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scotinomys teguina (left) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Tribe: | Baiomyini Musser & Carleton, 2005 |
| Type genus | |
| Baiomys True, 1894 | |
| Genera | |
Baiomyini rodents 'sing'; they chirp to find a mating partner as well as to locate each other when they spread out.[3]