Rhizomys
Genus of rodents
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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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