Neotoma taylori Hibbard 1967 (pack rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1967. New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:115-131

Belongs to Neotoma according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Hibbard 1967

Sister taxa: Neotoma (Paraneotoma), Neotoma albigula, Neotoma amplidonta, Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma findleyi, Neotoma floridana, Neotoma fossilis, Neotoma fuscipes, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma leucodon, Neotoma leucopetrica, Neotoma mexicana, Neotoma micropus, Neotoma minutus, Neotoma ozarkensis, Neotoma prefuscipes, Neotoma prelepida, Neotoma pygmaea, Neotoma quadriplicata, Neotoma spelaea, Neotoma stephensi, Neotoma vaughani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Borchers, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial siltstone in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Kansas collection)

• Blancan of United States (4: Arizona, California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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