Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205
Belongs to Megamys according to F. Ameghino 1885
Sister taxa: Eumegamys contortus, Eumegamys paranensis, Eumegamys scalabrinianus, Megamys depressidens, Megamys patagoniensis, Megamys racedi, Megamys formosus, Megamys laevigatus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megamys holmbergi in the database
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