squamae
{{short description|Tubercles resembling scales}}
In some rodents, squamae are small tubercles resembling scales on the sole of the hindfeet.Voss et al., 2002, p. 6 Among oryzomyine rodents, their development is variable; most have well-developed squamae, but in others they are indistinct or entirely absent.Weksler, 2006, p. 23; Weksler et al., 2006, p. 18 Delomys sublineatus and Peromyscus maniculatus also have squamae.Weksler, 2006, table 5, p. 23
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Literature cited
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- Weksler, M. 2006. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5777 Phylogenetic relationships of oryzomyine rodents (Muroidea: Sigmodontinae): separate and combined analyses of morphological and molecular data]. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 296:1–149.
- {{cite journal | last1 = Weksler | first1 = M.
| last2 = Percequillo | first2 = A. R. | last3 = Voss | first3 = R. S.
| title = Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)
| journal = American Museum Novitates | issue = 3537 | pages = 1–29
| publisher = American Museum of Natural History | date = 2006-10-19 | hdl = 2246/5815 | doi= 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2| url = http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/2246/5815/1//v3/dspace/updateIngest/pdfs//N3537.pdf }}