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| Alormys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | †Alormys Louys, 2018 |
| Species: | †A. aplini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alormys aplini Louys, 2018 | |
Alormys is a genus of extinct murid that lived on Alor Island (Indonesia) during the Holocene period. Their fossils were first noticed in the Tron Bon Lei rockshelter and also owl roost deposit on Makpan. They were large rodents, superficially most closely resembling Milimonggamys of Sumba and Papagomys on Flores. Based on its relatively unspecialized moderately hypsodont teeth and the isotype, Alormys is said to probably have an almost exclusively plant-based diet. Interestingly, authors from the describing paper wrote that it is possible for the taxa to be still alive and waiting to be rediscovered although it is very unlikely. Carbon dating from the specimen indicated that they went extinct around 2000 years ago.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Louys, Julien (August 2018). "New genus and species of giant rat from Alor Island, Indonesia". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 11 (4): 503–510. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2018.08.005. hdl:10072/381948 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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