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Ellesmereomys

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Ellesmereomys
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Ellesmereomys
Species:
E. haringtoni
Binomial name
Ellesmereomys haringtoni
Martin & Zakrzewski, 2023

Ellesmereomys is an extinct genus of baranomyine cricetid that inhabited Ellesmere Island during the Pliocene epoch. It is known from a single species, E. haringtoni.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Martin, Robert A.; Zakrzewski, Richard J. (30 September 2022). "An unusual Pliocene arvicoline-like cricetid rodent from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (3). doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2167605. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.