Rhombomys Wagner 1841

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1241

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11334282
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scientific name	Rhombomys Wagner 1841
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Rhombomys Wagner 1841 View in CoL

Rhombomys Wagner 1841 View in CoL , Gelehrte. Anz. I. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Munchen, 12 (52): 421.

Type Species: Rhombomys pallidus Wagner 1841

Synonyms: Amphiaulacomys Lataste 1882 ; Pliorhombomys Fokanov 1964 ; Pliorhombomys Fokanov 1976 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Rhombomys opimus (Lichtenstein 1823)

Discussion: Tribe Gerbillini , Subtribe Rhombomyina . Reviewed by Corbet (1978 c). The inclusion of Pliorhombomys in Rhombomys was documented by Pavlinov (1992 b). Fossils indicate an evolutionary history extending to late Pliocene in Asia ( McKenna and Bell, 1997).