''Rhizospalax'' is a genus of
extinct rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
from
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
thought to be distantly related to modern
beavers. It is the only member of the family Rhizospalacidae.
References
Oligocene rodents
Prehistoric mammals of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1919
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