''Brachyrhizomys'' is an extinct genus of ground-dwelling herbivorous
rodent
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that lived in
Miocene
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to
Pleistocene
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of
China
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and
India
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.
Species
*''Brachyrhizomys blacki''
*''Brachyrhizomys choristos''
*''Brachyrhizomys hehoensis''
*''Brachyrhizomys micrurus''
*''Brachyrhizomys nagrii''
*''Brachyrhizomys naquensis''
*''Brachyrhizomys pilgrimi''
*''Brachyrhizomys pinjoricus''
*''Brachyrhizomys shansius''
*''Brachyrhizomys tetracharax''
External links
Brachyrhizomys tetracharaxat Paleozoological Museum of China official website (Chinese)
Brachyrhizomysat fossilworks
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Miocene rodents
Pliocene rodents
Pleistocene rodents
Pleistocene mammals of Asia
Spalacidae