Mesocricetus Nehring 1898 (mouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetinae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Apocricetus, Collimys, Cricetini, Cricetinus, Cricetulodon, Cricetulus, Democricetodon, Leidymini, Neacomys, Neocricetodon, Peromyscini, Phodopus, Rotundomys, Symmetrodontomys
Subtaxa: Mesocricetus auratus Mesocricetus primitivus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Israel (1), Turkey (3)
• Pliocene of Turkey (1)
• MN 13 of Greece (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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