Teeth Are First Evidence of North American Rodents in Caribbean (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Teeth Are First Evidence of North American Rodents in Caribbean

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Two teeth discovered in Puerto Rico provide the first evidence of a Caribbean rodent with North American roots. Researchers named the new genus and species Caribeomys merzeraudi. This artist's reconstruction shows the likely position of the fossil molars in C. merzeraudi's skull.

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Jorge Velez-Juarbe

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