Rhizomys
Genus of rodents
| Rhizomys | |
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| Chinese bamboo rat, (Rhizomys sinensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Tribe: | Rhizomyini |
| Genus: | Rhizomys J. E. Gray, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Rhizomys sinensis | |
| Species | |
| Rhizomys pruinosus | |
Rhizomys, also known as bamboo rat, is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae.[1] Rhizomys are all stocky burrowers with short, naked tails, and contains the following species:
- Hoary bamboo rat (R. pruinosus)
- Chinese bamboo rat (R. sinensis)
- Large bamboo rat (R. sumatrensis)
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of family Spalacidae
(Zokors)
| Myospalax |
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| Eospalax |
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| Rhizomys (Bamboo rats) |
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| Cannomys (Bamboo rats) |
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| Tachyoryctes (Mole rats) |
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(Blind mole-rats)
| Nannospalax |
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| Spalax |
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