The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.[10] Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey.[11] Together with the anomalures and zenkerella, Pedetidae forms the suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil genus Parapedetes is also related.[11]
Pedetidae Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent [1]
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Springhare (Pedetes sp.) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Anomaluromorpha |
Family: | Pedetidae Gray, 1825[2][3] |
Genera | |
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The family includes one living genus and four extinct genera. The Asian fossil Diatomys was previously included,[11] but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat.