Hadromys loujacobsi is an extinct species of rat, known only from three molars of early Pleistocene origin. They were found in the Upper Siwalik Group in the Punjab region of Pakistan.[1]
Hadromys loujacobsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Hadromys |
Species: | †H. loujacobsi
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Binomial name | |
†Hadromys loujacobsi Musser, 1987
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References
edit- ^ Musser, Guy G. (1987). "The occurrence of Hadromys (Rodentia: Muridae) in Early Pleistocene Siwalik Strata in northern Pakistan and its bearing on biogeographic affinities between Indian and northeastern African murine faunas". American Museum Novitates (2883): 1–36.