Baiomys kolbi Hibbard 1952 (pygmy mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1952. A Contribution to the Rexroad Fauna. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55(2):196-208

Belongs to Baiomys according to O. Carranza-CastaƱeda and A. H. Walton 1992

See also Hibbard 1952 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Baiomys aquilonius, Baiomys mowi, Baiomys rexroadensis, Baiomys rexroadi

Type specimen: UMMP 24846, a mandible (right dentary with incisor and [lower] M1-3). Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Kansas)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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