First multilocus treatment of a diverse Holarctic rodent tribe, Myodini.
Elevation of the subgenus Craseomys to genus is corroborated.
Two species of Alticola show mtDNA capture and raise possibility of adaptive acquisition.
First DNA assessment of Hyperacrius questions its affinity to Myodini.
Myodini did not diversify via punctuated bursts of diversification.