Rhizospalax
Appearance
Rhizospalax Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Castorimorpha |
Superfamily: | Castoroidea |
Family: | †Rhizospalacidae Thaler, 1966 |
Genus: | †Rhizospalax 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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