Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1997. A new subfamily of primitive pocket mice (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) from the middle Tertiary of North America. Paludicola 1(2):33-66
Parent taxon: Heteromyidae according to W. W. Korth 1997
Sister taxa: Aurimys, Chaetodipus, Cupidinimus, Dikkomys, Dipodomyinae, Dipodomys, Diprionomys, Eodipodomys, Harrymyinae, Harrymys, Heteromyinae, Lignimus, Liomys, Mioheteromys, Mookomys, Oregonomys, Peridiomys, Perodipus, Perognathinae, Perognathus, Prodipodomys, Proheteromys, Schizodontomys, Stratimus, Trogomys
Subtaxa: Balantiomys coloradensis Balantiomys meridionalis Balantiomys nebraskensis
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Balantiomys in the database
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