Tsaganomys Matthew and Granger 1923 (mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. New Bathyergidae from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 101:1-5

Parent taxon: Tsaganomyinae according to W. D. Matthew and W. Granger 1923

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxon: Coelodontomys

Subtaxa: Tsaganomys altaicus Tsaganomys minutus

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Type: Tsaganomys altaicus

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mongolia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of China (14), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (38)

Total: 55 collections including 59 occurrences

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