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Pedetes is a
genus of rodent, the
springhares, in the
family Pedetidae.
Members of the
genus are
distributed across southern and
Eastern Africa. A number...
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South African springhare (Pedetes capensis) (Afrikaans: springhaas) is a medium-sized
terrestrial and
burrowing rodent.
Despite the name, it is not...
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African springhare (Pedetes surdaster) is an
African mammal that is not
closely related to the hare,
which is not a lagomorph, but is a member...
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Pedetidae are a
family of rodents. The two
living species, the
springhares, are
distributed throughout much of
southern Africa and also
around Kenya...
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closely related to the
Anomaluromorpha (the scaly-tailed
squirrels and the
springhare) and
Myomorpha (mouse-like rodents).
Suborder Castorimorpha Superfamily...
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Anomaluromorpha Family Anomaluridae: scaly-tailed
squirrels Family Pedetidae:
springhares Family Zenkerellidae:
Cameroon scaly-tail
Suborder Castorimorpha Superfamily...
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termite mounds and
dense cover in
unoccupied burrows of
South African springhare (Pedetes capensis),
aardvark (Orycteropus afer), and Cape
porcupine (Hystrix...
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evolved multiple times, with the macropods,
kangaroo rats and mice,
springhare,
hopping mice,
pangolins and
hominin apes (australopithecines, including...
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Anomaluromorpha is a
clade that
unites the anomalures,
springhares, and zenkerella. It has
alternately been
designated as
either a
suborder or infraorder...
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their large aerial phases cause them to be
confused with
hopping mice
Springhare – a
similar pedetid rodent native to
southern and
eastern Africa Burton...
