Plataeomys elongatus Rovereto 1914 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247

Belongs to Plataeomys according to C. Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Plataeomys brevis, Plataeomys innominatus, Plataeomys scindens

Subtaxa: Plataeomys elongatus mendocina

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plataeomys elongatus in the database

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