†Cynomys (Cynomys) hibbardi Eshelman 1975 (prairie dog)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: R. E. Eshelman. 1975. Geology and Paleontology of the Early Pleistocene (Late Blancan) White Rock Fauna from North-Central Kansas. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 13:1-60
Belongs to Cynomys (Cynomys) according to R. E. Eshelman 1975
See also Goodwin 1995 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UMMP V61648, a mandible (left jaw with m1-m3). Its type locality is White Rock Cynomys Loc., which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Belleville Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cynomys (Cynomys) hibbardi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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