Pliogeomys parvus Zakrzewski 1969 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1969. The Rodents from the Hagerman Local Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Idaho. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(1):1-36

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

See also Zakrzewski 1969

Sister taxa: Pliogeomys buisi, Pliogeomys russelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hagerman (UM-Ida 1a-65), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (7: Idaho collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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