Paramys

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Paramys
Fossil range: Early Paleocene - Middle Eocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Infraorder: Protrogomorpha
Family: Ischyromyidae
Genus: Paramys
Leidy, 1871
Species
  • P. adamus
  • P. atavus
  • P. compressidens
  • P. copei
  • P. delicatior
  • P. delicatus
  • P. excavatus
  • P. hunti
  • P. nini
  • P. pycnus
  • P. simpsoni
  • P. taurus

Paramys is an extinct genus of rodent from North America, Europe, and Asia. It is one of the oldest genera of rodents known and probably lived in trees.

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