Telicomys
Telicomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Dinomyidae |
Genus: | †Telicomys Kraglievich, 1926 |
Species | |
Telicomys giganteus |
Telicomys is an extinct genus of rodent from the Solimões Formation, Brazil, South America.
Description[]
With a length of more than 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in T. gigantissimus, it contains two or three of the largest rodents that ever lived, along with Phoberomys, Josephoartigasia, and the giant beaver. It is part of the same South American radiation of rodents as both Phoberomys and the modern capybara, which is the largest living rodent, reaching lengths of up to 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in). The closest living relative to Telicomys is the pacarana.[1] Its name derives from Greek τηλικος + μυς = "a mouse [= rodent] of such a size".[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 284. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
Categories:
- Prehistoric pacaranas
- Miocene rodents
- Pliocene rodents
- Prehistoric rodent genera
- Miocene genus extinctions
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Huayquerian
- Chasicoan
- Mayoan
- Neogene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Fossil taxa described in 1926
- Prehistoric rodent stubs