Rhizospalax

Rhizospalax

Taxobox
name = "Rhizospalax"
fossil_range = Late Oligocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
subordo = Castorimorpha
infraordo =
familia = †Rhizospalacidae
familia_authority = Thaler, 1966
genus = †"Rhizospalax"
genus_authority = Miller & Gidley, 1919

"Rhizospalax" is a genus of extinct rodent from Europe thought to be distantly related to modern beavers. It is the only member of the family Rhizospalacidae.


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