Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and R. Lavocat. 1970. Découverte dans le Déséadien de Bolivia de genres pentalophodontes appuyant les affinités africaines des Rongeurs Caviomorphes. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 271:172-175
Parent taxon: Octodontoidea according to M. A. Pérez et al. 2018
See also Arnal and Vucetich 2015, Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970, Lavocat 1976, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson and Wood 1982, Shockey et al. 2009 and Verzi et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Abrocomidae, Acarechimys, Acaremyidae, Adelphomys, Capromyidae, Caviocricetus, Changquin, Chasichimys, Ctenomyidae, Deseadomys, Draconomys, Dudumus, Echimyidae, Eodelphomys, Eoespina, Eosachacui, Eosallamys, Ethelomys, Kannabateomys, Lapazomys, Leucokephalos, Llitun, Loretomys, Marisela, Mayomys, Migraveramus, Myocastoridae, Neophanomys, Octodontidae, Paulacoutomys, Plesiacarechimys, Proechimys, Prospaniomys, Protacaremys, Protadelphomys, Selvamys, Spaniomys, Stichomys, Vallehermosomys, Xylechimys
Subtaxa: Sallamys pascuali Sallamys woodi
Type: Sallamys pascuali
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Bolivia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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