Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Rank Family | Suborder Anomaluromorpha Higher classification Rodent Order Rodent | |
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Similar Rodent, Pedetes, Anomalure, Mammal, Anomaluromorpha | ||
The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order. The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey. Together with the anomalures, Pedetidae forms the suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil genus Parapedetes is also related.
Taxonomy
The family includes one living genus and three extinct genera. The Asian fossil Diatomys was previously included, but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat.
References
Pedetidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA