Hesperolagomys fluviatilis Storer 1970 (pika)

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Full reference: J. E. Storer. 1970. New rodents and lagomorphs from the upper Miocene Wood Mountain Formation of southern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7:1125-1129

Belongs to Hesperolagomys according to A. R. Bair 2011

See also Storer 1970

Sister taxa: Hesperolagomys galbreathi, Hesperolagomys niobrarensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kleinfelder Farm, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Wood Mountain Formation of Canada

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (7: Nebraska)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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