| Neoreomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Cavioidea |
| Genus: | †Neoreomys Ameghino, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Neoreomys australis Ameghino, 1887
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| Other species | |
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Neoreomys huilensis Fields, 1957 Neoreomys limatus Ameghino, 1891 Neoreomys pinturensis Kramarz, 2006 | |
Neoreomys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Phylogenetic analysis has shown Neoreomys to be a monophyletic genus not closely related to Dasyproctidae, but instead representing a plesiomorphic member of Cavioidea.[2]
Palaeobiology
[edit]Locomotion
[edit]Geometric morphometric analysis of the foot of Neoreomys points to it having had a generalised mode of ambulation, in contrast to other Late Oligocene and Early Miocene caviomorphs.[3]
Palaeoecology
[edit]Dental microwear analysis has found that Neoreomys australis was a consumer of fruits and seeds.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ^ Urrea-Barreto, Francisco J.; Link, Andrés; Carrillo, Juan D.; Vanegas, Andrés; Perdomo, César A.; Cooke, Siobhán B.; Tallman, Melissa; Pérez, María E. (21 December 2023). "Systematic revision of Neoreomys huilensis Fields, 1957 (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Middle Miocene of La Venta (Villavieja, Colombia)". Geodiversitas. 45 (25). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a25. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
- ^ Candela, Adriana M.; Muñoz, Nahuel A.; García Esponda, César M.; Vizcaíno, Sergio F. (18 November 2024). "Evolutionary trends of caviomorph rodents as elucidated using their oldest foot anatomy". Papers in Palaeontology. 10 (6). doi:10.1002/spp2.1606. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ^ Townsend, K. E Beth; Croft, Darin A. (5 June 2008). "Enamel microwear in caviomorph rodents". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (3): 730–743. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-336R1.1. ISSN 0022-2372. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via Oxford Academic.