Pedetes

Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae. Members of the genus are distributed across southern and Eastern Africa.

Springhare
Temporal range: Middle Pliocene to Recent
South African springhare (P. capensis)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Pedetidae
Genus: Pedetes
Illiger, 1811
Type species
Yerbua capensis
Species

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