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Rhizomys

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Rhizomys
Chinese bamboo rat, (Rhizomys sinensis)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 sinensis
Rhizomys sumatrensis

A bamboo rat from Nagaland, Northeastern India

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:

References

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  1. ^ 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.