†Microtragulus argentinus Ameghino 1904 (metatherian)
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Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Belongs to Microtragulus according to M. A. Abello and A. M. Candela 2020
See also Ameghino 1904 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Microtragulus bolivianus, Microtragulus catamarcensis, Microtragulus reigi
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution: found only at Farola Monte Hermoso (Pliocene of Argentina)
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