Neotoma pygmaea Harris 1984 (pack rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: A. H. Harris. 1984. Two New Species of Late Pleistocene Woodrats (Cricetidae: Neotoma) from New Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 65(4):560-566

Belongs to Neotoma according to A. H. Harris 1984

Sister taxa: Neotoma (Paraneotoma), Neotoma albigula, Neotoma amplidonta, Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma findleyi, Neotoma floridana, Neotoma fossilis, Neotoma fuscipes, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma leucodon, Neotoma leucopetrica, Neotoma mexicana, Neotoma micropus, Neotoma minutus, Neotoma ozarkensis, Neotoma prefuscipes, Neotoma prelepida, Neotoma quadriplicata, Neotoma spelaea, Neotoma stephensi, Neotoma taylori, Neotoma vaughani

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dry Cave (Quaternary of New Mexico)

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