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GENUS Rhombomys

Author:Wagner, 1841.
Citation:Gelehrte Anz. I. K. Bayer Akad. Wiss., München, 12, 52: 421.
Type Species:Rhombomys pallidus Wagner, 1841 (= Meriones opimus Lichtenstein, 1823).
Comments:Tribe Gerbillini, Subtribe Rhombomyina. Reviewed by Corbet (1978c). The inclusion of Pliorhombomys in Rhombomys was documented by Pavlinov (1992b). Fossils indicate an evolutionary history extending to late Pliocene in Asia (McKenna and Bell, 1997).
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SPECIES opimus

Synonyms:

    Amphiaulacomys Lataste, 1882
    Pliorhombomys Fokanov, 1964
    Pliorhombomys Fokanov, 1976

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