Uintasorex Matthew 1909 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567

Parent taxon: Uintasoricinae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Dawson and Constenius 2018, Hay 1930, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1917, McKenna and Bell 1997, Robinson 1968 and Simpson 1940

Sister taxa: Choctawius, Niptomomys

Subtaxa: Uintasorex montezumicus Uintasorex parvulus

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Type: Uintasorex parvulus

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (62: California, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence

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