Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonym: Anaptogonia Cope 1899
Parent taxon: Ondatrini according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Eshelman et al. 2025, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin 1996, McKenna and Bell 1997, Miller 1976, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Ondatra annectens Ondatra idahoensis Ondatra kansasensis Ondatra minor Ondatra zibethicus
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (9: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon collections), United States (112: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (49: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 171 collections including 175 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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