Neotomodon Merriam 1898

Neotomodon Merriam 1898, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 127.

Type Species: Neotomodon alstoni Merriam 1898

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Neotomodon alstoni Merriam 1898

Discussion: Reithrodontomyini. Conventionally ranked as a genus, later judged closely related to Peromyscus sensu lato (Hooper and Musser, 1964 b). Synonymy as a subgenus of Peromyscus advocated by Yates et al. (1979) and Patton et al. (1981), whereas Carleton (1980, 1989) retained Neotomodon as a genus. Various kinds of evidence suggest the phyletic association of Neotomodon, Podomys, and perhaps Habromys (Carleton, 1980; Hooper and Musser, 1964 b; Linzey and Layne, 1969; Patton et al., 1981; Stangl and Baker, 1984), although the cladistic results among these studies conflict in detail and on conclusions about rank.