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Taxon: Subfamily Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 - East African mole-rats (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Spalacidae

Original position

Questionably Muridae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Subsequent entries

*Rhizomyini* (Tribe) Winge, 1887
*Tachyoryctini* (Tribe) Miller & Gidley, 1918		Ref: Musser, (G.G.), 1997: 173.

Current position

Spalacidae (Family) Gray, 1821

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 173. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Muridae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 173.

Historical positions

*Muridae* (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 173.
*Muridae* (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton, 1993: 685; 7, 501.
*Muridae* (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 167.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;15s; †10g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3g;15s; †10g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; †10g]
1993	G.G. Musser & M.D. Carleton	3g;15s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3g];~6s

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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024