Diplothrix

Diplothrix; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Stuffed specimen of Diplothrix legata. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Diplothrix; Thomas, 1916
Species
	Diplothrix legata; †Diplothrix yangziensis;

Diplothrix is a genus of two species of rodents in the family Muridae. Diplothrix legata occurs in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Diplothrix yangziensis is known only from fossils collected in eastern China.[1]

References

Wang, Yuan; Jin, ChangZhu; Wei, GuangBiao (2009). "First discovery of fossil Diplothrix (Muridae, Rodentia) outside the Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Chinese Science Bulletin. 55 (4–5): 411–417. doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0541-4. ISSN 1001-6538.

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[WangJin2009-1] Wang, Yuan; Jin, ChangZhu; Wei, GuangBiao (2009). "First discovery of fossil Diplothrix (Muridae, Rodentia) outside the Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Chinese Science Bulletin. 55 (4–5): 411–417. doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0541-4. ISSN 1001-6538.