Onychomys jinglebobensis Hibbard 1955 (grasshopper mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1955. The Jinglebob Interglacial (Sangamon?) Fauna from Kansas and its Climatic Significance. 12(10):179-228

Belongs to Onychomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1955

See also Carleton and Eshelman 1979, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Eshelman and Hibbard 1981 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Onychomys bensoni, Onychomys gidleyi, Onychomys hollisteri, Onychomys larrabeei, Onychomys leucogaster, Onychomys martini, Onychomys pedroensis, Onychomys torridus

Type specimen: UMMP 29254, a mandible (a right jaw with incisor and m1-m2). Its type locality is Jinglebob, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Kingsdown Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Onychomys jinglebobensis in the database

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