Kharomys gracilis Dashzeveg 1990 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Tamquammyidae

Full reference: D. Dashzeveg. 1990. The earliest rodents (Rodentia, Ctenodactyloidea) of Central Asia. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33(2):11-35

Belongs to Kharomys according to D. Dashzeveg 1990

Sister taxon: Kharomys mirandus

Type specimen: PSS 20-92, a maxilla. Its type locality is Tsagan Khushu Quarry 1 [SMPE], which is in a Bumbanian terrestrial gravel in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Tsagan Khushu Quarry 1 [SMPE]

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