• Source: Phoberomys

Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the Pliocene of Peru.




Species


Species in the genus described are:

Phoberomys burmeisteri (=P. insolita, P. lozanoi, P. minima, P. praecursor)
Phoberomys pattersoni
Another species, P. bordasii, has been considered as possibly belonging to Neoepiblema.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kapibara
• Phoberomys
• Phoberomys pattersoni
• List of largest rodents
• Phoberomys insolita
• Phoberomys burmeisteri
• Pacarana
• Neoepiblemidae
• Telicomys
• Josephoartigasia
• Naked mole-rat