Kritimys

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Kritimys
Temporal range: Early - Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Kritimys
Kuss & Missone, 1968
Species

K. catreus Bate, 1912
K. kiridus Bate, 1942

Synonyms
  • Mus catreus
  • Rattus kiridus

Kritimys, also known as the Cretan giant rat

Mus musculus) to the island, exhibiting a decrease in size shortly before its extinction.[5]

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