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Large Bamboo Rats
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Large Bamboo Rats

Rhizomys

Rhizomys, also known as bamboo rat, is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae. Rhizomys are all stocky burrowers with short, naked tails, and contains the following species:

Hoary bamboo rat (R. pruinosus)

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

speciesRhizomys sumatrensis

Hoary Bamboo Rat

speciesRhizomys pruinosus

Chinese Bamboo Rat

speciesRhizomys sinensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45026.