Onychomys Baird 1858 (grasshopper mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Parent taxon: Onychomyini according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023

See also Alroy 2002, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lindsay 2008 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Onychomys bensoni Onychomys gidleyi Onychomys hollisteri Onychomys jinglebobensis Onychomys larrabeei Onychomys leucogaster Onychomys martini Onychomys pedroensis Onychomys torridus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (3 collections), United States (29: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas)

• Blancan of United States (23: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)

• Hemphillian of United States (3: Kansas, Nebraska)

Total: 58 collections including 61 occurrences

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