Symmetrodontomys beckensis Dalquest 1978 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Peromyscus beckensis

Full reference: W. W. Dalquest. 1978. Early Blancan mammals of the Beck Ranch local fauna of Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 59(2):269-298

Belongs to Symmetrodontomys according to W. W. Dalquest 1980

See also Dalquest 1978

Sister taxa: Symmetrodontomys daamsi, Symmetrodontomys simplicidens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beck Ranch, which is in a Blancan fluvial sandstone in Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Beck Ranch

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