Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonym: Palaearctomys macrorhinus Douglass 1903

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199

Belongs to Palaearctomys according to C. C. Black 1963

See also Bryant 1945, Douglass 1903 and Tabrum and Nichols 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Palaearctomys montanus: CM 740, a partial skeleton ( skull without the right zygomatic arch, parts of the cranium, and the cheek teeth; nearly complete right and left mandibular rami with worn cheek teeth; and pa)
• Palaearctomys macrorhinus: 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 montanus in the database

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