Pedetidae

Pedetidae Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent
Springhare (Pedetes sp.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Anomaluromorpha
Family:	Pedetidae Gray, 1825[1][2]
Genera
See text

The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.^[9] Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey.^[10] Together with the anomalures, Pedetidae forms the suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil genus Parapedetes is also related.^[10]

Taxonomy

The family includes one living genus and three extinct genera. The Asian fossil Diatomys was previously included,^[10] but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat.

• Family Pedetidae
  • Genus Pedetes^[11]
    • South African springhare, P. capensis
    • †Pedetes gracilis
    • †Pedetes hagenstadti
    • †Pedetes laetoliensis
    • East African springhare, P. surdaster
  • Genus †Megapedetes^[11]
    • †Megapedetes aegaeus
    • †Megapedetes gariepensis
    • †Megapedetes pentadactylus
    • †Megapedetes pickfordi
  • Genus †Oldrichpedetes^[11]
    • †Oldrichpedetes brigitteae
    • †Oldrichpedetes fejfari
    • †Oldrichpedetes pickfordi
    • †Oldrichpedetes praecursor
  • Genus †Propedetes
    • †Propedetes efeldensis
    • †Propedetes laetoliensis
  • Genus †Rusingapedetes^[11]
    • †Rusingapedetes tsujikawai

References

Further reading

• Incisor enamel microstructure and phylogenetic interrelationships of Pedetidae and Ctenodactyloidea (Rodentia).
• Einiges zur Haltung und Zucht Hornchenartiger (Sciuromorpha) im Zoologischen Garten.
• Postcranial morphology and springing adaptations in Pedetidae from Arrisdrift, Middle Miocene (Namibia).
• Pelvic shape in gliding rodents: implications for the launch.
• Tracking genome organization in rodents by Zoo-FISH.
• Feldhamer, G. A., L. C. Drickamer, S. H. Vessey, and J. F. Merritt. 1999. Mammalogy. Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology. WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston. xii+563pp.
• McLaughlin, C. A. 1984. Protrogomorph, sciuromorph, castorimorph, myomorph (geomyoid, anomaluroid, pedetoid, and ctenodactyloid) rodents. Pp. 267-288 in Anderson, S. and J. K. Jones, Jr. (eds). Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y. xii+686 pp.
• Paradiso, J. L. 1975. Walker's Mammals of the World, Third Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Savage, R. J. G. and M. R. Long. 1986. Mammal Evolution, an Illustrated Guide. Facts of File Publications, New York. 259 pp.
• Vaughan, T. A. 1986. Mammalogy. Third Edition. Saunders College Publishing, Fort Worth. vii+576 pp.
• Vaughan, T. A., J. M. Ryan, N. J. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy. Fourth Edition. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. vii+565pp.
• Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. xviii+1206 pp.