Palaearctomys montanus Douglass 1903 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199

Belongs to Palaearctomys according to M. D. Bryant 1945

See also Douglass 1903

Sister taxon: Palaearctomys macrorhinus

Type specimen: CM 740, a partial skeleton ( skull without the right zygomatic arch, parts of the cranium, and the cheek teeth; nearly complete right and left mandibular rami with worn cheek teeth; and pa)

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaearctomys montanus in the database

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