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 | |
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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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