Reithrodon

Reithrodon
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
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Bunny rat (Reithrodon auritus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Phyllotini
Genus: Reithrodon
Waterhouse, 1837
Type species
Reithrodon typicus
Species

Reithrodon auritus
Reithrodon typicus

Reithrodon is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following living species:

The scientific name translates as "channel tooth" and refers to grooves on the upper incisors. The oldest fossils date from the late Pliocene, about four million years ago. The immediate ancestors of the genus may have evolved as the southern regions of South America became increasingly arid around the end of the Miocene.



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