Family Spalacidae Gray 1821 (mouse)
PaleoDB taxon number: 77298
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Muroidea according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cricetidae, Cricetopsinae, Eucricetodontidae, Eumuroida, Heterocricetodontidae, Lophiomyinae, Myospalacinae, Platacanthomyinae, Pseudocricetodontidae
Subtaxa: Cannomys, Heramys, Nannospalax, Rhizomyinae, Spalacinae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore