Prodipodomys idahoensis Hibbard 1962 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1962. Two New Rodents from the Early Pleistocene of Idaho. Journal of Mammalogy 43(4)

Belongs to Prodipodomys according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Hibbard 1962

Sister taxa: Prodipodomys centralis, Prodipodomys griggsorum, Prodipodomys hibbardi, Prodipodomys kansensis, Prodipodomys riversidensis, Prodipodomys tiheni, Prodipodomys timoteoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hagerman (USGS 20475), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Idaho

Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California, South Dakota collections)

• Blancan of United States (9: Arizona, California, Idaho)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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