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Rhizomys
	Chinese bamboo rat, (Rhizomys sinensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Tribe:	Rhizomyini
Genus:	Rhizomys; J. E. Gray, 1831
Type species
	Rhizomys sinensis;
Species
	Rhizomys pruinosus; Rhizomys sinensis; Rhizomys sumatrensis

A bamboo rat from Nagaland, Northeastern India

Rhizomys, also known as bamboo rat, is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae.^[1] Rhizomys are all stocky burrowers with short, naked tails, and contains the following species:

Hoary bamboo rat (R. pruinosus)
Chinese bamboo rat (R. sinensis)
Large bamboo rat (R. sumatrensis)

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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