Rhizomys Gray 1831 (greater bamboo rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Parent taxon: Rhizomyinae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Brachyrhizomys, Cannomys, Pararhizomys, Prokanisamys, Rhizomyoides, Tachyoryctini
Subtaxa: Rhizomys troglodytes
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (10 collections), Vietnam (1)
• Miocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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