Microtodon Explained

Microtodon is an extinct genus of rodent, from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family.^[1] It lived in Pliocene epoch.^[2] It was described by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1928.^[3]

Species

• Microtodon atavus (Shotwell, 1924)
• Microtodon mimus (Shotwell, 1956)^[4]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Anatolomys Schaub, 1934. gbif.org.
3. M. C. McKenna, S. K. Bell: Classification of mammals – above the species level. New York City: Columbia University Press, 1997, p. xii-631.
4. Web site: Microtodon. mindat.org.