Japaneomys
| Japaneomys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Eomyidae |
| Genus: | †Japaneomys |
| Species: | †J. yasunoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Japaneomys yasunoi Kimura et. al., 2019 | |
Japaneomys is an extinct genus of rodent that inhabited Japan during the Miocene epoch. It contains a single species, J. yasunoi.[1]
References
- ^ Kimura, Yuri; Tomida, Yukimitsu; Kalthoff, Daniela; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Mörs, Thomas (2019). "A new endemic genus of eomyid rodents from the early Miocene of Japan". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64. doi:10.4202/app.00558.2018. Retrieved 5 February 2025.