Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 44488
Alternative spelling: Calomys (Bensonomys)
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1942. The Late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas from the San Pedro Valley, Ariz. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92:475-518
Parent taxon: Sigmodontinae according to T. S. Kelly 2007
Sister taxa: Abrothrix, Chelemys, Chukimys, Cordimus, Delomys, Euneomys, Geoxus, Holochilus, Ichthyomyini, Irenomys, Juliomys, Lundomys, Miotomodon, Nectomys, Noronhomys, Oligoryzomys, Oryzomyalia, Reithrodontomys, Rhipidomys, Scolomys, Sigmodontini, Thomasomys, Wiedomyini
Subtaxa: Bensonomys coffeyi, Bensonomys hershkovitzi, Bensonomys lindsayi, Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae, Calomys (Bensonomys) baskini, Calomys (Bensonomys) elachys, Calomys (Bensonomys) eliasi, Calomys (Bensonomys) gidleyi, Calomys (Bensonomys) meadensis, Calomys (Bensonomys) stirtoni, Calomys (Bensonomys) winklerorum, Calomys (Bensonomys) yazhi, Oryzomys pliocaenicus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore