Pliomys Explained

Pliomys is an extinct genus of forest voles, subfamily Arvicolinae, tribe Pliomyini.[1] One member is the extinct species Pliomys episcopalis. The genus was described by Méhely in 1914, and is paraphyletic with respect to Dinaromys.[2]

References

  1. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  2. Web site: Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. 2 September 2007. 26 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070826235729/http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/Eutheria/Rodentia/Myomorpha/clethrionomyini.htm. dead.

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