Cedromus Wilson 1949 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Parent taxon: Cedromurinae according to B.-Y. Wang and D. Dashzeveg 2005

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

Sister taxa: Kherem, Oligospermophilus

Subtaxa: Cedromus modicus Cedromus savannae Cedromus wardi Cedromus wilsoni

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Type: Cedromus wardi

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska collections)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (15: Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)

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

• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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