Kritimys

Kritimys; Temporal range: Early - Late Pleistocene 2.5–.012 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	†Kritimys; Kuss & Missone, 1968
Species
	K. catreus Bate, 1912; K. kiridus Bate, 1942
Synonyms
	Mus catreus; Rattus kiridus;

Kritimys, also known as the Cretan giant rat^[2] is an extinct genus of murid rodent that was endemic to the island of Crete during the Pleistocene.^[3] There are two known species, K. kiridus from the Early-Mid Pleistocene, and its descendant K. catreus from the Late Pleistocene. As with most island rodents, Kritimys was larger than its mainland relatives.

References[]

^ "Kritimys". Fossilworks.
^ van der Geer, Alexandra; Lyras, George; de Vos, John (April 27, 2021). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. Wiley. p. 534. ISBN 9781119675747.
^ George Iliopoulos; H. Eikamp; Charalampos Fassoulas (January 2017). "A NEW LATE PLEISTOCENE MAMMAL LOCALITY FROM WESTERN CRETE". doi:10.12681/bgsg.11257. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[1] "Kritimys". Fossilworks.

[2] van der Geer, Alexandra; Lyras, George; de Vos, John (April 27, 2021). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. Wiley. p. 534. ISBN 9781119675747.

[3] George Iliopoulos; H. Eikamp; Charalampos Fassoulas (January 2017). "A NEW LATE PLEISTOCENE MAMMAL LOCALITY FROM WESTERN CRETE". doi:10.12681/bgsg.11257. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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