Antemus

Antemus; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	† Antemus
Species:	†A. chinjiensis
Binomial name
	†Antemus chinjiensis; Jacobs, 1977

Last updated October 20, 2025

Antemus is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in South Asia during the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Antemus chinjiensis is known from the Siwalik Hills of Pakistan.^[1]

References

↑ Kimura, Yuri; Jacobs, Louis L.; Flynn, Lawrence J. (14 October 2013). Butler, Richard J. (ed.). "Lineage-Specific Responses of Tooth Shape in Murine Rodents (Murinae, Rodentia) to Late Miocene Dietary Change in the Siwaliks of Pakistan". PLoS ONE . 8 (10) e76070. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876070K. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076070 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3796524 . PMID 24155885.

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[1] Kimura, Yuri; Jacobs, Louis L.; Flynn, Lawrence J. (14 October 2013). Butler, Richard J. (ed.). "Lineage-Specific Responses of Tooth Shape in Murine Rodents (Murinae, Rodentia) to Late Miocene Dietary Change in the Siwaliks of Pakistan". PLoS ONE . 8 (10) e76070. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876070K. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076070 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3796524 . PMID 24155885.

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