Baranomys loczyi

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Baranomys loczyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Baranomys
Species:
B. loczyi
Binomial name
Baranomys loczyi
Kormos, 1933

Baranomys loczyi 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 Theodor Kormos in 1933.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Baranomys Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine in Index of Scientific Names as Global Namse 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.