†Palaearctomys macrorhinus Douglass 1903 (squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199
Belongs to Palaearctomys according to M. D. Bryant 1945
See also Black 1963, Douglass 1903 and Tabrum and Nichols 2001
Sister taxon: Palaearctomys montanus
Type specimen: CM 733, a partial skull (A skull without the left zygomatic arch and the occipital region; upper incisor, right P4, left M1, M2 and M3 present)
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaearctomys macrorhinus in the database
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