Petromuridae
| Petromuridae | |
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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 |
| Genera | |
Petromuridae is a family of
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
- S2CID 129787889.
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