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Rhizomyinae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae

Taxonomy
Rhizomyidae was named by Miller and Gidley (1918). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Rhizomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

It was assigned to Spalacoidea by Wood (1958) and Carroll (1988); and to Spalacidae by Steppan et al. (2004) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Rhizomyidae Miller and Gidley
1958Rhizomyidae Wood p. 172
1988Rhizomyidae Carroll
2004Rhizomyinae Steppan et al. p. 547
2005Rhizomyinae Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
familySpalacidae
subfamilyRhizomyinae(Miller and Gidley 1918)
subfamilyRhizomyinae(Miller and Gidley 1918)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918
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G. †Brachyrhizomys Teilhard de Jardin 1942
G. Cannomys Thomas 1915 [lesser bamboo rat]
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Cannomys badius Hodgson 1841 [Lesser bamboo rat]
G. †Pararhizomys Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1931
G. †Prokanisamys de Bruijn et al. 1981
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Prokanisamys kowalskii Lindsay 1996
G. †Rhizomyoides Black 1972
G. Rhizomys Gray 1831 [greater bamboo rat]
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Rhizomys troglodytes Matthew and Granger 1923
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G. Tachyoryctes Rüppell 1835
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Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell 1842 [Ethiopian african mole rat]
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 [Northeast african mole rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available