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