Pedetes
Encyclopedia
Pedetes is a genus
of rodent
in the Pedetidae
family. Members of the genus are distributed across southern Africa and also occur in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the Pedetidae
Pedetidae
Pedetidae is 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...
family. Members of the genus are distributed across southern Africa and also occur in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Species
A number of species both extant and extinct are classified under the Pedetes genus. They include:- SpringhareSpringhareThe springhare , or springhaas, is not actually a hare, but a member of the order Rodentia. It is one of a number of species in the genus Pedetes, and is native to southern Africa. Synonyms are P. caffer or P...
(Pedetes capensis) - Pedetes surdasterPedetes surdasterPedetes surdaster, the East African spring hare, is not closely related to the hare but is a member of the rodent family, Pedetidae.-Taxonomy:...
(Thomas, 1902) - Pedetes laetoliensis (Davies, 1987)
Further reading
- The Recent and fossil affinities of the genus Pedetes (Mammalia: Rodentia).
- Postcranial morphology and springing adaptations in Pedetidae from Arrisdrift, Middle Miocene (Namibia).
- A proposal for a new classification and nomenclature for the Glires (Lagomorpha and Rodentia).
- The preplacenta of Pedetes, the trager, and the maternal circulatory pattern in rodent placentae.
- Unworn teeth and relationships of the African rodent, Pedetes.
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=10022&lvl=0
- http://www.eol.org/external_link?url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Pedetes