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Eomyidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Eomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia related to modern day pocket gophers and kangaroo rats. They are known from the Middle Eocene to the Late Miocene in North America and from the Late Eocene to the Pleistocene in Eurasia. Eomyids are generally small but occasionally large and tend to be squirrel-like in form and habits. The family includes the earliest known gliding rodent, Eomys quercyi. The family includes the following genera:
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Genus

Aguafriamys (1)
Apeomys (1)
Arikareeomys (1)
Asianeomys (6)
Aulolithomys (2)
Centimanomys (3)
Cristadjidaumo (2)
Cupressimus (1)
Eomyodon (5)
Eomys (8)
Kansasimys (2)
Keramidomys (6)
Leptodontomys (5)
Litoyoderimys (2)
Megapeomys (5)
Metadjidaumo (2)
Metanoiamys (7)
Montanamus (1)
Namatomys (2)
Omboomys (1)
Orelladjidaumo (1)
Paradjidaumo (7)
Paranamatomys (1)
Protadjidaumo (3)
Pseudotheridomys (3)
Rhodanomys (4)
Ritteneria (1)
Symplokeomys (1)
Viejadjidaumo (1)
Yoderimys (3)
Zemiodontomys (1)
Zetamys (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0