Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Nelsonia Merriam, 1897 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington , 11:277 . TYPE SPECIES: Nelsonia neotomodon Merriam, 1897 . COMMENTS: Neotomine. Revised by Hooper (1954) and recently by Engstrom et al. (1992) , who resurrected goldmani as a species distinct from N. neotomodon . Viewed as a basal member of clade including Neotoma and related genera ( Carleton, 1980 ; Hooper, 1954 , 1960 ). Phylogenetic significance of banded karyotype discussed by Engstrom and Bickham (1983) .