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Micromys minutus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Micromys minutus is a species.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. minutis, M. paricioi, M. praeminutus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Micromys minutus MacDonald

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
genusMicromysDehne 1841
speciesminutus

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Micromys minutus (40391)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Albacete) Micromys minutus (41932 41933 41937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) Micromys minutus (34916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Micromys minutus (35905)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece Micromys minutus (34786)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Micromys minutus (34872 34920)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Micromys minutus (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Castellon) Micromys minutus (34932)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Micromys minutus (55533)