Ondatra meadensis Hibbard 1937 (muskrat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Pliopotamys meadensis

Synonym: Neondatra kansasensis Hibbard 1937

Belongs to Ondatra according to R. A. Martin 1996

See also Hibbard 1941, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Martin et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Ondatra annectens, Ondatra idahoensis, Ondatra minor, Ondatra zibethicus

Type specimens:

  • Ondatra meadensis: Its type locality is Deer Park, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Ballard Formation of Kansas
  • Neondatra kansasensis:

Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (6: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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