Microtodon

Microtodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	† Baranomyinae
Genus:	† Microtodon ; Miller, 1927

Last updated October 30, 2025

Microtodon is an extinct genus of rodent, from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family.^[1] It lived in Pliocene epoch.^[2] It was described by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1927.^[3]

Species

Microtodon atavus (Shotwell, 1924)^[4]
Microtodon mimus (Shotwell, 1956)^[4]

References

↑ 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.
↑ "Anatolomys Schaub, 1934". gbif.org.
↑ M. C. McKenna, S. K. Bell: Classification of mammals – above the species level. New York City: Columbia University Press, 1997, p. xii-631.
1 2 "Microtodon". mindat.org.

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[one-1] 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.

[2] "Anatolomys Schaub, 1934". gbif.org.

[two-3] M. C. McKenna, S. K. Bell: Classification of mammals – above the species level. New York City: Columbia University Press, 1997, p. xii-631.

[mic-4] 1 2 "Microtodon". mindat.org.

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