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Aepyocricetus

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Aepyocricetus
Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Genus: †Aepyocricetus
Species:
†A. liuae
Binomial name
†Aepyocricetus liuae
Li et. al., 2017

Aepyocricetus is an extinct genus of cricetine rodent that lived in the Tibetan Plateau during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus containing the species A. liuae.[1]

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