Neotoma (Parahodomys) Gidley and Gazin 1933 (pack rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative spelling: Parahodomys

Full reference: J. W. Gidley and C. L. Gazin. 1933. New Mammalia in the Pleistocene fauna from Cumberland Cave. Journal of Mammology 14(4):343-357

Parent taxon: Neotoma according to E. H. Lindsay 2008

See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, Tomida 1987 and Zakrzewski 1993

Sister taxa: Neotoma (Paraneotoma), Neotoma albigula, Neotoma amplidonta, Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma findleyi, Neotoma floridana, Neotoma fossilis, Neotoma fuscipes, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma leucodon, Neotoma leucopetrica, Neotoma mexicana, Neotoma micropus, Neotoma ozarkensis, Neotoma prefuscipes, Neotoma prelepida, Neotoma pygmaea, Neotoma quadriplicata, Neotoma spelaea, Neotoma stephensi

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Trout Cave (Quaternary of West Virginia)

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