Pedetes
Pedetes is a genus of rodent in the Pedetidae family.[3][4][5][6][7] Members of the genus are distributed across southern Africa and also occur in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[8]
Species
A number of species both extant and extinct are classified under the Pedetes genus. They include:
References
- ^ McKenna, M.C. and Bell, S.K. 1997. Classification of Mammals: Above the species level. New York: Columbia University Press, 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6 (p. 185)
- ^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=573177
- ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=365776
- ^ http://www.eol.org/pages/36141
- ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=2476921
- ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=104244
- ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/browse/tree/id/2318452
- ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/13201476
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136621/0
- ^ Fossil Pedetidae (Rodentia) from Laetoli. Leakey, M.D.; Harris, J.M.[Eds]. Laetoli. A Pliocene site in northern Tanzania., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York etc., 1987: i-xxii, 1-561. Chapter pagination: 171-190. [Zoological Record Volume 124]
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.
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†M. aegaeus · †M. gariepensis · †M. pentadactylus · †M. pickfordi
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