Evidence of late root formation of molars in Anderson’s red-backed vole, Eothenomys andersoni (Thomas, 1905) (Cricetidae, Rodentia), and arguments for its generic allocation

We evaluated the molars in Anderson’s red-backed vole (n = 114) from the Kii Peninsula of Honshu, Japan. Two of the specimens are considered extremely old aged based on their dimensions and on the loss of alveolar capsules of M2, and a third one is also old based on its strongly worn left M3 and M1....

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Main Authors: Masahiro A. Iwasa, Yukibumi Kaneko, Yoshiyuki Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-10-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/86960/download/pdf/