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Cricetidae
New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives
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Synaptomys cooperi
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Watson's climbing rat
Tylomys watsoni
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Zygodontomys brevicauda
short-tailed cane mouse
Zygodontomys brevicauda
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Cricetidae
New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives
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Subfamily
Arvicolinae
lemmings and voles
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Cricetinae
hamsters
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Lophiomyinae
crested rat
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Neotominae
deer mice, woodrats, and relatives
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Sigmodontinae
South American rats and mice
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Tylomyinae
vesper rats and climbing rats
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