Reithrodon

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Reithrodon
Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Reithrodontini
Genus: Reithrodon
Waterhouse, 1837
Species

Reithrodon auritus
Reithrodon typicus

Reithrodon is a genus of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It contains the following species:

  • Bunny Rat (Reithrodon auritus)
  • Naked-soled Conyrat (Reithrodon typicus)

[edit] References

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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