List of the Cenozoic life of Utah

This list of the Cenozoic life of Utah contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Utah and are between 66 million and 10,000 years of age.

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• Abies
• †Achaenodon
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• †Acrocera
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• † – or unidentified comparable form
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Agriochoerus
  †Agriochoerus
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• Alligator
• †Allognathosuchus – or unidentified comparable form
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• Amia
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• Amyda
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  Fossilized shell of the Eocene-Oligocene turtle Anosteira
  †Anosteira
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• Anthonomus
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• Antilocapra
  • †Antilocapra americana – or unidentified comparable form
• Apalone
• †
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• †Apatemys
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • † – type locality for species
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  Restoration of an Arctodus, or short-faced bear, with a human to scale
  †Arctodus
  • †Arctodus simus
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• †Artemisia
• † – type locality for genus
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• †Asilus
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• †Aulobaris
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B[]

• †Baena
  • †Baena arenosa – type locality for species
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• †Basirepomys
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• †Bembidium
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• Bison
  • †Bison latifrons – tentative report
• †Bittacus
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• †
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• †Bootherium
  • †Bootherium bombifrons
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  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene crocodilian Boverisuchus
  †Boverisuchus
  • †Boverisuchus vorax – type locality for species
• †Brachyhyops
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• Brachylagus
  • †Brachylagus idahoensis – or unidentified comparable form
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  • † – tentative report
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C[]

• 

  Life restoration of the Pliocene-Holocene camel Camelops
  †Camelops
  • †Camelops hesternus – or unidentified comparable form
• Camponotus
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• Canis
  • †Canis dirus – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Canis latrans – tentative report
  • †Canis lupus
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• †Catopsalis
  • †Catopsalis fissidens
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  Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous-Eocene choristoderan reptile Champsosaurus
  †Champsosaurus
• Chara
• Cheilosia
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• †Chipetaia
  • †Chipetaia lamporea – type locality for species
• †Chisternon
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• †Chriacus
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• †Colodon
• †Compsemys
  • †Compsemys victa
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• †Coniatus
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  • † – or unidentified related form
• †Coryphodon
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• Crocodylus
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    Fossilized skull of the Eocene crocodilian Crocodylus acer
    †Crocodylus acer – type locality for species
  • †Crocodylus affinis
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• Culex
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• †Cuterebra
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• Dicranomyia
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  Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Miocene-Pliocene horse Dinohippus
  †Dinohippus
• †Diplacodon
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• †Diprionomys
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• †Dracontolestes
  • †Dracontolestes aphantus – type locality for species
• †Duchesnehippus
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• †Duchesneodus
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  Fossilized shell of the Eocene turtle Echmatemys
  †Echmatemys
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• †Ectoconus
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• †Elliptio
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  Life restoration of a pair of the Eocene uintathere mammal Eobasileus. Charles R. Knight (1890s).
  †Eobasileus
  • †Eobasileus cornutus
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• †Eoconodon
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• †Eonessa – type locality for genus
  • †Eonessa anaticula – type locality for species
• †Epicaerus
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• †Epihippus
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• †Epiphanis
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• Equus
  • †Equus conversidens – tentative report
• Erethizon
  • †Erethizon dorsatum – tentative report
• †Eucastor
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  Fossil of the Eocene bee Euglossopteryx
  †Euglossopteryx – type locality for genus
  • †Euglossopteryx biesmeijeri – type locality for species
• Eutamias
  • †Eutamias minimus

G[]

• †Glyptosaurus
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• †Gnoriste
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• †Goniacodon
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Life restoration of the Eocene horse Eohippus. Heinrich Harder (1920).

• †Hadrianus
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• †Haplolambda – or unidentified comparable form
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  Fossilized skull of the mesonychian mammal Harpagolestes
  †Harpagolestes
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  • †Harpagolestes uintensis
• †Helaletes
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• †Helodermoides – tentative report
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• †Herpetotherium
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• †Heteraletes
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• †Hoplochelys
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Miocene creodont mammal Hyaenodon
  †Hyaenodon
  • †Hyaenodon vetus – or unidentified comparable form
• Hydrobia – or unidentified comparable form
• †Hylobius
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• †Hyopsodus
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• †Hypohippus
• †Hypolagus
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• †Hyrachyus
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• †Hyracodon
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• †Hyracotherium
  • †Hyracotherium vasacciense

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J[]

• †
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K[]

• †Kimbetohia
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L[]

• Laccophilus
• †Lambdotherium
• †Lasioptera
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• †
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• Lemmiscus
  • †Lemmiscus curtatus
• Lepisosteus
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  Life restoration of the Eocene-Oligocene even-toed ungulate Leptomeryx
  †Leptomeryx
• †Leptoreodon
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• †Leptotragulus
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• Lepus
  • †Lepus townsendii – or unidentified comparable form
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  Top view of a fossilized skull of the Eocene creodont mammal Limnocyon
  †Limnocyon
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  • †Limnocyon verus – or unidentified comparable form
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• † – or unidentified comparable form
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  A living Lynx
  Lynx
  • †Lynx canadensis – or unidentified comparable form

M[]

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• †Mammut
  • †Mammut americanum
• †Mammuthus
  • †Mammuthus columbi
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    Life restorations of a Mammut americanum, or American mastodon (right), and a Mammuthus primigenius, or wooly mammoth (left)
    †Mammuthus primigenius
• Marsilea^[1]
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• †Megalonyx
  • †Megalonyx jeffersonii
• †Menops
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• †Merriamoceros
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  Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Mesonyx
  †Mesonyx
  • †Mesonyx obtusidens
• †Metaliomys – type locality for genus
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• †Metarhinus
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• †Metatelmatherium
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  Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene mammal Miacis
  †Miacis
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• †Microsyops
• Microtus
  • †Microtus montanus
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• †Mimomys
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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• †Miocyon
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • † – type locality for species
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• Mustela
  • †Mustela richardsonii – tentative report
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N[]

A living Neogale vison, or American mink

• †Nemotelus
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• Neogale
  • †Neogale vison
• †Neoplagiaulax
  • †Neoplagiaulax macintyrei
• Neoptochus – tentative report
• Neotamias
• Neotoma
• †Notharctus
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    Mounted fossilized skeleton of the Eocene primate Notharctus tenebrosus
    †Notharctus tenebrosus – or unidentified comparable form
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  A living Odocoileus deer
  Odocoileus
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• Ondatra
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• †Oodectes – tentative report
• Ophryastes
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• † – or unidentified comparable form
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• †Oxyacodon
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• †Paenemarmota
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
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  Fossilized skeleton of the Pliocene-Pleistocene ground sloth Paramylodon
  †Paramylodon
  • †Paramylodon harlani – or unidentified comparable form
• †Paramys
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• †Parectypodus
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• †Paronychomys
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• †Peradectes
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  Fossilized mandible of the Eocene-Miocene mammal Peratherium
  †Peratherium
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• Peromyscus
  • †Peromyscus maniculatus
• Phenacomys
  • † – or unidentified comparable form
  • †Phenacomys intermedius
• †Phygadeuon
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• Phyllobius
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• †Phyllophaga
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• Physa
• Picea
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  A living Pinus, or pine tree
  Pinus
• †Plastomenoides
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• Plecia
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• †Poabromylus
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• †Poebrodon
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• †Polemonium – or unidentified comparable form
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  Life restoration of the Paleocene-Eocene waterfowl Presbyornis
  †Presbyornis – type locality for genus
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• †Procaimanoidea – type locality for genus
  • †Procaimanoidea kayi
  • †Procaimanoidea utahensis – type locality for species
• †Procas
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• †Procynodictis
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• †Prodaphaenus
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• † – type locality for genus
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• † – tentative report
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• †Protictis
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  Restorative models in multiple views of the Eocene brontothere Protitanotherium (figure 3)
  †Protitanotherium
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• †Protoreodon
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  Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Eocene camel Protylopus
  †Protylopus
  • † – type locality for species
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  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene creodont mammal Proviverra
  †Proviverra
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  • † – or unidentified comparable form
• † – or unidentified comparable form
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• † – type locality for genus
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  Illustration of a fossilized skull of the Paleocene multituberculate mammal Ptilodus
  †Ptilodus
  • †Ptilodus mediaevus
  • †Ptilodus tsosiensis – or unidentified comparable form

R[]

• †Reithroparamys
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  A living Rhinoclemmys, or Neotropical wood turtle
  Rhinoclemmys – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature

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  Fossilized skeleton of the Eocene monitor lizard Saniwa
  †Saniwa
  • †Saniwa ensidens
• †Sargus
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• † – type locality for genus
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• †
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• † – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sinopa
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• †Smilodectes
  • †Smilodectes gracilis
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  Life restoration of the Pleistocene-Holocene saber-tooth cat Smilodon
  †Smilodon
  • †Smilodon fatalis – or unidentified comparable form
• Sorex
  • †Sorex palustris
• Spermophilus
  • †Spermophilus armatus – or unidentified comparable form
• †Sphenocoelus
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• †Sthenodectes
  • † – type locality for species
• †Stygimys
  • †Stygimys kuszmauli
• †Stylemys
  • † – type locality for species
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  Life restoration of the Eocene taeniodont mammal Stylinodon
  †Stylinodon
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  Restoration of the Paleocene multituberculate mammal Taeniolabis
  †Taeniolabis
  • †Taeniolabis taoensis
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• †Tapocyon
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• Taxidea
  • †Taxidea taxus
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• Thomomys
  • †Thomomys talpoides
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• • †
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• †Trogosus
• †Tylocephalonyx

U[]

• †Uintaceras
  • † – type locality for species
• †Uintacyon
  • † – type locality for species
• †
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• †Uintasorex
  • †Uintasorex parvulus – or unidentified comparable form
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  Life restoration of the Eocene mammal Uintatherium
  †Uintatherium
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  • † – type locality for species

V[]

• †Valenia
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• †Viverravus
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• Viviparus
• Vulpes
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    A living Vulpes vulpes, or red fox
    †Vulpes vulpes

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Z[]

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  A living Zapus jumping mouse
  Zapus
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References[]

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 7 August 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)