"Paleontologists working in northern Alaska have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago.
They gave it the scientific name Sikuomys mikros—from (Siku,) an Iñupiaq word for (ice,) and (mys) and (mikros,) the Greek words for (mouse) and (little).”

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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/998266