Paramys
Sign in to saveParamys is an extinct genus of rodents from North America, Europe, and Asia. It is one of the oldest genera of rodents known and probably lived in trees. While the genus name literally means "near a mouse", it coexisted with Thisbemys, a similar rodent, thus yielding a reference to Pyramus and Thisbe.
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Vinony's link graph records 53 inbound references to Paramys, and connects out to Eocene, Europe and Asia.
Vinony files it under Cenozoic mammals of Asia, Eocene mammals of Europe and Eocene mammals of North America.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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