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GENUS Eoglaucomys
Author: | A. H. Howell, 1915. | Citation: | Proc. Bio. Soc. Wash., 28: 109. | Type Species: | Sciuropterus fimbriatus Gray, 1837. | Comments: | Subtribe Glaucomyina (new name; type genus: Glaucomys). Characterized by origin of tibiocarpalis muscle on distal tibial tuberosity, pisiform bone with elevated scapalunate tuberosity but no triquetral process; teeth lacking crosslophs, hypocone usually absent (Thorington et al., 2002). |
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