Leidymys alicae Black 1961 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Cotimus alicae

Full reference: C. C. Black. 1961. New rodents from the early Miocene deposits of Sixty-six Mountain, Wyoming. Breviora. Annals of Carnegie Museum 36

Belongs to Leidymys according to B. Engesser 1979

See also Alker 1969, Black 1961, Clark et al. 1964, Martin 1980 and Nichols 1976

Sister taxa: Leidymys azybaevi, Leidymys blacki, Leidymys cerasus, Leidymys juxtaparvulus, Leidymys korthi, Leidymys lockingtonianus, Leidymys nematodon

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lonerock Area ( of Oregon)

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