Birbalomys

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Birbalomys
Fossil range: Early to Middle Eocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Chapattimyidae
Genus: Birbalomys
Sahni & Khare, 1973
Species
  • Birbalomys woodi (type)
  • Birbalomys ijlsti
  • Birbalomys sondaari
  • Birbalomys vandermeuleni

Birbalomys is an extinct genus of rodent from Asia.

The 30 cm (1 ft) long creature has been thought to have been a member of the extant gundi family, but reconstructions of its physical appearance are highly speculative. Some paleontologists consider Birbalomys to be the most primitive true rodent, related to the ancestors of all members of the order Rodentia.

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