Rhizomys

genus of mammals

Taxon Taxon Q805992

Facts

4 properties

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Rhizomyinae^[3]
Taxon name: Rhizomys^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en Rhizomys ar ريزوميس cs hlodoun de Bambusratten de Rhizomys ja Rhizomys ja タケネズミ属 ko 대나무쥐속 pl Bambusowiec pl Rhizomys sv Egentliga bamburåttor sv Rhizomys th อ้น zh 竹鼠 zh 竹鼠屬 zh-hans 竹鼠属

🔖 Identifiers · 16

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Rhizomys sinensis - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02460.JPG ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 3149
Catalogue of Life ID: 78YF
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 111229
Fossilworks taxon ID: 41939
Freebase ID: /m/02wbmcf
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2438056
INaturalist taxon ID: 45026
IRMNG ID: 1302115
ITIS TSN: 632579
MSW ID: 13000020
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778036257

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NCBI taxonomy ID: 53274
Open Tree of Life ID: 964578
Topic's main category: Category:Rhizomys
Yale LUX ID: concept/c5e0dc17-43b1-49e8-a795-a1bf26ecf75c

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Chinese bamboo rat, Hoary bamboo rat, Large bamboo rat

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Rhizomyinae

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Category:Rhizomys

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Summary

Rhizomys is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Rhizomys — taxon rank (P105): genus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Rhizomys — parent taxon (P171): Rhizomyinae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Rhizomys — taxon name (P225): Rhizomys. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Rhizomys is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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