Springhares

The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.^[10] Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey.^[11] Together with the anomalures and zenkerella, Pedetidae forms the suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil genus Parapedetes is also related.^[11]

Taxonomy

The family includes one living genus and four extinct genera. The Asian fossil Diatomys was previously included,^[11] but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat.

• Family Pedetidae
  • Genus Pedetes^[12]
    • South African springhare, P. capensis
    • †Pedetes gracilis
    • †Pedetes hagenstadti
    • East African springhare, P. surdaster
  • Genus †Megapedetes^[12]
    • †Megapedetes aegaeus
    • †Megapedetes gariepensis
    • †Megapedetes pentadactylus
  • Genus †Oldrichpedetes^[12]
    • †Oldrichpedetes brigitteae
    • †Oldrichpedetes fejfari
    • †Oldrichpedetes pickfordi
    • †Oldrichpedetes praecursor
  • Genus †Propedetes
    • †Propedetes efeldensis
    • †Propedetes laetoliensis
  • Genus †Rusingapedetes^[12]
    • †Rusingapedetes tsujikawai

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