Ailuravus

Ailuravus
Temporal range: Early to Middle Eocene
Ailuravus macrurus and Strigogyps sapea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Eutheria
(unranked): Euarchontoglires
Superorder: Glires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ischyromyidae
Subfamily: Ailuravinae
Genus: Ailuravus
Rütimeyer, 1891
Species: A. macrurus
Binomial name
Ailuravus macrurus
Ailuravus macrurus skeleton

Ailuravus macrurus ("Big-tailed Cat-ancestor") was a primitive, squirrel-like rodent, one of the earliest known rodents, from the Messel pit Lagerstätte, in Germany. It lived during the Eocene period of Europe, in forests, and may have been arboreal.

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