| Taxon - Character 4: Molar Topography. | (1) Planar, molars moderately high-crowned with cusps flattened and even in height. | Carleton,M. D., 1980, Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine-peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy within New World Cricetinae, |  | 
      
      
        | Taxon - 76. Molar roots, height and occlusal topography | Molars rooted, moderately high-crowned, and planar (1) | Pacheco,V. R., 2003, Phylogenetic analyses of the Thomasomyini (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae) based on morphological data, Unpublished Ph.D.diss., City University of New York |  | 
      
      
        | Taxon - Hypsodonty Index class | 2. submesodont, 0.8-1.3 | Ma, H., Ge, D., Shenbrot, G., Pisano, J., Yang, Q. and Zhang, Z., 2016. Hypsodonty of Dipodidae (Rodentia) in Correlation with Diet Preferences and Habitats. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, pp.1-10. |  | 
      
      
        | Taxon - Hypsodonty category | 2 = mesodont | Schap, J.A., McGuire, J.L., Lawing, A.M., Manthi, F.K. and Short, R.A., 2024. Ecometric models of small mammal hypsodonty can estimate paleoprecipitation across eastern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p.112181. |  |