Biology:Petromuridae
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Short description: Family of rodents
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | Petromuridae Tullberg, 1899 |
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Petromuridae is a family of hystricognath rodents that contains the dassie rat (Petromus typicus) of southwestern Africa, the only extant member of this group.
The genus Petromus contains a couple of extinct species,[1] and additionally there are fossil genera formerly of the family Thryonomyidae that were found to belong to this family instead; Apodecter, Tufamys and two species of Paraphiomys (australis and roessneri) which have yet to be placed in their own genus.[2]
References
- ↑ Sénégas, F. (2004). "A New Species of Petromus (Rodentia, Hystricognatha, Petromuridae) from the Early Pliocene of South Africa and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (3): 757–763. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0757:ANSOPR2.0.CO;2]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4524764.
- ↑ Sallam, H.M.; Seiffert, E.R. (2019). "Revision of Oligocene 'Paraphiomys' and an origin for crown Thryonomyoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Phiomorpha) near the Oligocene–Miocene boundary in Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (1): 352–371. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz148. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/190/1/352/5691033.
Wikidata ☰ Q2785084 entry
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