Paracryptomys Lavocat 1973 (mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Bathyergoides, Bathyergus, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Geofossor, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paracryptomys in the database

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