Categories
  • Cricetidae
  • Prehistoric rodents
  •   Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
      supported by EncyclosphereKSF

    Baranomys langenhani

    From Handwiki - Reading time: 1 min

    Short description: Extinct species of rodent

    Baranomys langenhani
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Mammalia
    Order: Rodentia
    Family: Cricetidae
    Genus: Baranomys
    Species:
    B. langenhani
    Binomial name
    Baranomys langenhani
    Heller, 1937

    Baranomys langenhani is an extinct species of rodent from the Baranomys genus, from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family. It lived in Pliocene epoch and was an ancestor to modern Arvicolinae.[1][2] The species was first described by Florian Heller in 1937.[1]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Baranomys in Index of Scientific Names as Global Names Index.
    2. Wilson Don E., Reeder DeeAnn M. (editors): Arvicolinae. In: Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 3. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

    Wikidata ☰ Q110567597 entry




    This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Original source: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Baranomys langenhani
    Status: article is cached
    Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF