Manitsha Simpson 1941 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1941. A giant rodent from the Oligocene. Science 93:474-475

Parent taxon: Manitshini according to R. H. Dunn and D. T. Rasmussen 2007

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1941 and Simpson 1941

Sister taxa: Plesiarctomys, Pseudotomus

Subtaxa: Manitsha tanka

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Type: Manitsha tanka

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Manitsha Site (Oligocene of South Dakota)

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