Paramys is an extinct
genus of
rodents from
North America,
Europe, and
Asia. It is one of the oldest genera of rodents known and probably lived in
trees. While the
genus name literally means "near a
mouse",[1] it coexisted with Thisbemys, a similar rodent, thus yielding a reference to
Pyramus and Thisbe.
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