Phiomorpha

Phiomorphs Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Naked mole-rat
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Infraorder:	Hystricognathi
Parvorder:	Phiomorpha Lavocat, 1962
Families
Bathyergidae †Bathyergoididae †Diamantomyidae Heterocephalidae Hystricidae †Kenyamyidae †Myophiomyidae Petromuridae †Phiomyidae Thryonomyidae

The rodent parvorder or infraorder Phiomorpha comprises several living and extinct families found wholly or largely in Africa. Along with Anomaluromorpha and perhaps the extinct Zegdoumyidae, it represents one of the few early colonizations of Africa by rodents.