Brachyrhizomys is an extinct genus of ground-dwelling herbivorous rodent that lived in Miocene to Pleistocene of China and India.

Brachyrhizomys
Temporal range: Miocene to Pleistocene about 8.7-0.781 mya
Fossil skull (IVPP V8128.1) of B. tetracharax, Paleozoological Museum of China
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Tribe: Rhizomyini
Genus: Brachyrhizomys
Teilhard de Jardin, 1942
Species

10 species

Species

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  • Brachyrhizomys blacki
  • Brachyrhizomys choristos
  • Brachyrhizomys hehoensis
  • Brachyrhizomys micrurus
  • Brachyrhizomys nagrii
  • Brachyrhizomys naquensis
  • Brachyrhizomys pilgrimi
  • Brachyrhizomys pinjoricus
  • Brachyrhizomys shansius
  • Brachyrhizomys tetracharax
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