Rhizospalax

Rhizospalax; Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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.^[1]

References

^ Hugueney, Marguerite; Mein, Pierre (1 September 1993). "A comment on the earliest spalacinae (rodentia, Muroidea)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1 (3): 215–223. doi:10.1007/BF01024708. ISSN 1573-7055.215-223&rft.date=1993-09-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/BF01024708&rft.issn=1573-7055&rft.aulast=Hugueney&rft.aufirst=Marguerite&rft.au=Mein, Pierre&rft_id=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01024708&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Rhizospalax" class="Z3988">

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[1] Hugueney, Marguerite; Mein, Pierre (1 September 1993). "A comment on the earliest spalacinae (rodentia, Muroidea)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1 (3): 215–223. doi:10.1007/BF01024708. ISSN 1573-7055.215-223&rft.date=1993-09-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/BF01024708&rft.issn=1573-7055&rft.aulast=Hugueney&rft.aufirst=Marguerite&rft.au=Mein, Pierre&rft_id=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01024708&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Rhizospalax" class="Z3988">

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