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early Pliocene Epoch
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early Pliocene Epoch

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  • grasshopper mouse

    …the genus back to the Early Pliocene Epoch (5.3 million to 3.6 million years ago) in North America.

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    …the genus back to the Early Pliocene Epoch (5.3 million to 3.6 million years ago) in North America.

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  • Old World harvest mouse (Micromys minutus).
    harvest mouse
    / American harvest mice

    …geologic record back to the early Pliocene Epoch (5.3 million to 3.6 million years ago). Their closest living relatives are deer mice.

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    …geologic record back to the early Pliocene Epoch (5.3 million to 3.6 million years ago). Their closest living relatives are deer mice.

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