Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Kowalskia fahlbuschi

Full reference: F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson. 1970. Die Fauna der altpliozänen Höhlen- und Spaltenfüllungen bei Kohfidisch, Burgenland (Österreich)- Small Mammals (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from the Kohfidisch Fissures of Burgenland, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 74:533-587

Belongs to Neocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon grangeri, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki, Kowalskia zhengi, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia moldavica

Type specimen: NHMW 1970/1393, a maxilla (sin. with M1-M3). Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore