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Antemus

Antemus is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in South Asia during the Miocene epoch.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Antemus
Species:
A. chinjiensis
Binomial name
Antemus chinjiensis
Jacobs, 1977

Antemus is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in South Asia during the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Antemus chinjiensis is known from the Siwalik Hills of Pakistan.1

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