Brachyrhizomys
| Brachyrhizomys Temporal range: Miocene to Pleistocene about 8.7-0.781 mya | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | †Brachyrhizomys Teilhard de Jardin 1942 |
| Species | |
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10 species | |
Brachyrhizomys is an extinct genus of ground-dwelling herbivorus rodent that lived in Miocene to Pleistocene of China and India.
Species
- Brachyrhizomys blacki
- Brachyrhizomys choristos
- Brachyrhizomys hehoensis
- Brachyrhizomys micrurus
- Brachyrhizomys nagrii
- Brachyrhizomys naquensis
- Brachyrhizomys pilgrimi
- Brachyrhizomys pinjoricus
- Brachyrhizomys tetracharax
External links
- Brachyrhizomys tetracharax at Paleozoological Museum of China official website (Chinese)
- Brachyrhizomys at fossilworks
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