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Rhizomys Gray 1831 (greater bamboo rat)

Mammalia - Glires - Spalacidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 41939

Parent taxon: Rhizomyinae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Brachyrhizomys, Pararhizomys, Prokanisamys, Rhizomyoides, Tachyoryctini

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fossorial insectivore