Pliogeomys buisi Hibbard 1954 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1954. A New Pliocene Vertebrate Fauna From Oklahoma. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 39:339-359

Belongs to Pliogeomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1954

Sister taxa: Pliogeomys parvus, Pliogeomys russelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Buis Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Oklahoma

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at Buis Ranch

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