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Japaneomys

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Japaneomys
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Eomyidae
Genus: Japaneomys
Species:
J. yasunoi
Binomial name
Japaneomys yasunoi
Kimura et. al., 2019

Japaneomys is an extinct genus of rodent that inhabited Japan during the Miocene epoch. It contains a single species, J. yasunoi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kimura, Yuri; Tomida, Yukimitsu; Kalthoff, Daniela; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Mörs, Thomas (2019). "A new endemic genus of eomyid rodents from the early Miocene of Japan". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64. doi:10.4202/app.00558.2018. Retrieved 5 February 2025.