Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Parahodomys spelaeus
Full reference: J. W. Gidley and C. L. Gazin. 1933. New Mammalia in the Pleistocene fauna from Cumberland Cave. Journal of Mammology 14(4):343-357
Belongs to Neotoma according to R. J. Zakrzewski 1993
See also Gidley and Gazin 1933 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
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 pygmaea, Neotoma quadriplicata, Neotoma stephensi, Neotoma taylori, Neotoma vaughani
Type specimen: USNM 12040, a mandible. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Maryland, West Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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