Subfamily Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918 (mouse)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Alternative spelling: Rhizomyidae
Parent taxon: Spalacidae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also Carroll 1988, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Wood 1958
Sister taxa: Heramys, Nannospalax, Pannoniamys
Subtaxa: Brachyrhizomys Cannomys Pararhizomys Prokanisamys Rhizomyoides Rhizomys Tachyoryctini
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (11 collections), Kenya (8), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (6), India (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (1)
• Miocene of China (11), India (1), Libya (3), Nepal (1), Pakistan (19), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2)
Total: 68 collections including 91 occurrences