After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 [taxonomic history] (juurirotat & bambuhiiret) |--o Tachyoryctini Miller & Gidley, 1918 [taxonomic history] (juurirotat) | |--o †Prokanisamys de Bruijn, Hussain & Leinders, 1981; L.-M.Mioc. As. | | |-- †P. arifi | | |-- †P. benjavuni | |--o †Kanisamys A.E.Wood, 1937; M.-U.Mioc. SAs. | | |-- †K. indicus | | |-- †K. nagrii | | `-- †K. sivalensis | |-- †Eicooryctes L.Flynn, 1982; U.Mioc. SAs. | |-- †Protachyoryctes Hinton, 1933; U.Mioc. SAs. | |-- †Pronakalimys Tong & jaeger, 1993; M.Mioc. EAf. | |-- †Nakalimys lavocati L.Flynn & Sabatier, 1984 | |--o †Rhizomyides Bohlin, 1946 [†Rhizomyoides Black, 1972] U.Mioc.-L.Plioc. SAs. | | |-- †R. saketiensis | | `-- †R. punjabiensis | `--o Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835 [Chrysomys Gray, 1843] LU.Plioc.-R. Af. | |-- †T. pliocaenicus | |-- T. ankoliae | |-- T. annectens | |-- T. audax | |-- T. daemon | |-- T. macrocephalus (jättiläisjuurirotta) | |-- T. naivashae | |-- T. rex | |-- T. ruandae | |-- T. ruddi | |-- T. spalacinus | `-- T. splendens (juurirotta) `--o Rhizomyini Winge, 1887 (bamburotat) |--o †Brachyrhizomys Teilhard de Chardin, 1942; U.Mioc.-L.Plioc., M.Pleist. SAs. | |-- †B. shansius | |-- †B. nagrii | |-- †B. pilgrimi | |-- †B. pinjoricus | |-- †B. tetracharax | |-- †B. naquensis | `-- †B. ultimus |-- †Anepsirhizomys L.Flynn, 1982; L.Plioc. SAs. |--o †Pararhizomys Teilhard de Chardin & Young, 1931; L.Plioc., ?U.Plioc. CAs. | |-- †P. hipparionum Teilhard de Chardin & Young, 1931 | `-- †P. qinensis |-- Cannomys badius Thomas, 1915 R. As. (Lesser bamboo rat; bay bamboo rat; punaruskobamburotta) `--o Rhizomys Gray, 1831 [incl. Nyctocleptes Temminck, 1832] U.Plioc.-R. As.S.-SEAs. (bamboo rats; bamburotat) |--o R. pruinosus Blyth, 1851 (Hoary Bamboo Rat) | |-- R. p. senex | |-- R. p. latouchei | `-- R. p. pruinosus |-- R. sinensis Thomas, 1921 (Chinese Bamboo Rat; kiinanbamburotta) `-- R. sumatrensis (Large Bamboo Rat; Sumatran bamboo rat; isobamburotta)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629