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Table 3 Summary statistics for gene sequences available for rodent genera and species

From: A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach

CLADE

Ngenera

gGENBANK

Percentage

Nspecies

spGENBANK

Percentage

Rodentia

474

387

81

2261

1265

56

SCIUROIDEA

61

58

95,1

307

200

65

Aplodontidae

1

1

100

1

1

100

Gliridae

9

7

78

28

15

54

Sciuridae

51

50

98

278

184

66

CASTORIMORPHA

14

14

100

102

90

88

Castoridae

2

2

100

2

2

100

Geomyidae

6

6

100

40

33

83

Heteromyidae

6

6

100

60

55

91

CTENOHYSTRICA

72

59

82

275

158

57

Abrocomidae

2

1

50

10

2

20

Bathyergidae

5

5

100

15

14

77

Capromyidae

6

1

17

8

1

7

Caviidae

6

6

100

18

13

89

Chinchillidae

3

3

100

7

6

86

Ctenodactylidae

4

2

50

5

3

60

Ctenomyidae

1

1

100

60

38

65

Cuniculidae

1

1

100

2

2

100

Dasyproctidae

2

2

100

13

5

38

Diatomyidae

1

1

100

1

1

100

Dinomyidae

1

1

100

1

1

100

Echimyidae

21

17

81

86

44

54

Erethizontidae

5

4

80

17

7

44

Hystricidae

3

3

100

11

7

64

Myocastoridae

1

1

100

1

1

100

Octodontidae

8

8

100

13

11

85

Petromuridae

1

1

100

1

1

100

Thryonomyidae

1

1

100

2

1

50

ANOMALUROMORPHA

4

3

75

9

4

44

Pedetidae

1

1

100

2

1

50

Anomaluridae

3

2

67

7

2

29

MYOMORPHA

324

253

78

1568

813

52

Dipodidae

16

7

44

51

10

20

MUROIDEA

308

246

79

1516

803

53

Platacanthomyidae

2

1

50

2

1

50

Arvicolinae

28

25

89

151

111

74

Calomyscidae

1

1

100

8

2

25

Cricetinae

7

6

86

18

14

78

Deomyinae

4

4

100

42

33

48

Gerbillinae

16

14

88

103

40

39

Leimacomyinae

1

0

0

1

0

0

Lophiomyinae

1

1

100

1

1

100

Murinae

124

88

70

560

231

41

Neotominae

16

16

100

124

103

83

Nesomyidae

21

17

81

61

28

43

Otomyinae

3

3

100

23

16

52

Sigmodontinae

74

61

82

377

231

61

Spalacidae

6

6

100

36

9

25

Tylomyinae

4

3

75

10

3

30

  1. Ngenera and Nspecies represent the number of genera and species described in Wilson and Reeder (2005); gGENBANK and spGENBANK represent the number of genera and species available in GENBANK; Percentage represents the proportion of genera and species included in our study.