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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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| Offspring: SPECIES opimus | Synonyms:
Amphiaulacomys Lataste, 1882 Pliorhombomys Fokanov, 1964 Pliorhombomys Fokanov, 1976
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