Alormys

Alormys is a genus of extinct murids that lived on Alor Island (Indonesia) during the Holocene period. Their fossil, which indicate that they are large sized rodent, at first was noticed in the Tron Bon Lei rockshelter and also owl roost deposit on Makpan. Superficially, Alormys most closely resembles Milimonggamys (Sumba) and Papagomys (Flores) of the giant murids of Nusa Tenggara. Based on its relatively unspecialized moderately hypsodont teeth and the isotype, Alormys is said to probably have an almost exclusively plants diet. Interestingly, authors from the describing paper wrote that it is possible for the taxa to be still alive and waiting to be discovered although it is very unlikely. The carbon dating from the specimen indicated that they went extinct around 2000 years ago.^[1]

Alormys Temporal range: Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	†Alormys Louys, 2018
Species:	†A. aplini
Binomial name
†Alormys aplini Louys, 2018