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Rhizomyinae
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).
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).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1918 | Rhizomyidae Miller and Gidley |
1958 | Rhizomyidae Wood p. 172 |
1988 | Rhizomyidae Carroll |
2004 | Rhizomyinae Steppan et al. p. 547 |
2005 | Rhizomyinae Wilson and Reeder |
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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. †Pararhizomys Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1931
G. †Rhizomyoides Black 1972
Tr. Tachyoryctini
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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