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Pelomys (groove-toothed swamp rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Pelomys was named by Peters (1852). It is extant.

It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
P. europeus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Pelomys Peters
1997Pelomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusPelomysPeters 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pelomys Peters 1852 [groove-toothed swamp rat]
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†Pelomys europeus de Bruijn et al. 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 13 to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 137.246 - 4.9Greece (Rhodes) Pelomys europeus (68046)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Pelomys sp. (21545)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Zambia Pelomys fallax (68339)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Pelomys fallax (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Pelomys dietrichi (22628)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Pelomys fallax (68340 68341 68342)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Pelomys fallax (21894)