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For other uses, see Pedetes (disambiguation).

Pedetes is a genus of rodent in the Pedetidae family.[3][4][5][6][7] Members of the genus are distributed across southern Africa and also occur in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[8]

Species

A number of species both extant and extinct are classified under the Pedetes genus. They include:

References

  1. ^ McKenna, M.C. and Bell, S.K. 1997. Classification of Mammals: Above the species level. New York: Columbia University Press, 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6 (p. 185)
  2. ^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=573177
  3. ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=365776
  4. ^ http://www.eol.org/pages/36141
  5. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=2476921
  6. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=104244
  7. ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/browse/tree/id/2318452
  8. ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/13201476
  9. ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136621/0
  10. ^ Fossil Pedetidae (Rodentia) from Laetoli. Leakey, M.D.; Harris, J.M.[Eds]. Laetoli. A Pliocene site in northern Tanzania., Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York etc., 1987: i-xxii, 1-561. Chapter pagination: 171-190. [Zoological Record Volume 124]

Further reading

  • The Recent and fossil affinities of the genus Pedetes (Mammalia: Rodentia).
  • Postcranial morphology and springing adaptations in Pedetidae from Arrisdrift, Middle Miocene (Namibia).
  • A proposal for a new classification and nomenclature for the Glires (Lagomorpha and Rodentia).
  • The preplacenta of Pedetes, the trager, and the maternal circulatory pattern in rodent placentae.
  • Unworn teeth and relationships of the African rodent, Pedetes.
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