Agathaeromys Zijlstra et al. 2010 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: J. S. Zijlstra, P. A. Madern, and L. W. Hoek Ostende. 2010. New genus and two new species of Pleistocene oryzomyines (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Journal of Mammalogy 91(4):860-873

Parent taxon: Oryzomyini according to J. S. Zijlstra et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Dushimys, Oecomys, Oryzomys, Sooretamys

Subtaxa: Agathaeromys donovani Agathaeromys praeuniversitatis

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Type: Agathaeromys donovani

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Netherlands Antilles (5 collections)

• Pliocene to Holocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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