Two New Rodent Species Among Bolivian Fossils (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Two New Rodent Species Among Bolivian Fossils

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Two new rodent fossils were discovered in the arid highlands of southern Bolivia by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías. Mesoprocta hypsodus, right, is a relative of agoutis and acouchis. Quebradahondomys potosiensis, was a spiny rat, related to extant spiny rats, chinchillas and guinea pigs. Scale bar equals 10 cm.

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Images by Velizar Simeonovski in collaboration with Darin A. Croft.

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