Petromus
Petromus is a genus of hystricognath rodents that contains the dassie rat (Petromus typicus) of southwestern Africa, the only extant member of this group and the entire family Petromuridae.
Petromus | |
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Dassie rat (Petromus typicus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Petromuridae |
Genus: | Petromus A. Smith, 1831 |
Species | |
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Two fossil species are known from the Pliocene, with the oldest being Petromus antiquus of the Early Pliocene.[1]
References
- Sénégas, F. (2004). "A New Species of Petromus (Rodentia, Hystricognatha, Petromuridae) from the Early Pliocene of South Africa and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3): 757–763.
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