Leidymys korthi Williams and Storer 1998 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: M. R. Williams and J. E. Storer. 1998. Cricetid rodents of the Kealey Springs Local Fauna (early Arikareean; late Oligocene) of Saskatchewan. Paludicola 1(4):143-149

Belongs to Leidymys according to M. R. Williams and J. E. Storer 1998

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kealey Springs, which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Kealey Springs

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