Haplomys Miller and Gidley 1918 (mountain beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Parent taxon: Prosciurinae according to A. R. Tedrow and W. W. Korth 1997

See also Alroy 2002, Korth et al. 2022 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Campestrallomys, Costepeiromys, Downsimus, Ephemeromys, Oropyctis, Pelycomys, Pseudallomys, Spurimus

Subtaxa: Haplomys arboraptus Haplomys galbreathi Haplomys liolophus

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Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (1 collection), United States (4: Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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