†Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930 (birch mouse)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Full reference: T. Kormos. 1930. Diagnosen neuer Säugetiere aus dem Oberpliozänen fauna des Somlyóberges bei Püspökfürdö. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 27:237-246
Belongs to Sicista according to T. Kormos 1930
Sister taxa: Sicista subtilis, Sicista wangi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Betfia 2, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Romania
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Hungary (14), Romania (10)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.