Parapelomys

Parapelomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived during the Neogene.

Parapelomys Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	†Parapelomys
Species:	†P. robertsi
Binomial name
†Parapelomys robertsi Jacobs, 1978

Palaeoecology

Parapelomys robertsi had much lower δ¹³C values than the contemporary Karnimata huxleyi, suggesting the former consumed grass much less often than the latter.^[1]