''Brachyrhizomys'' is an extinct genus of ground-dwelling herbivorous
rodent
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that lived in
Miocene
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to
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in ...
of
China 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