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Petromuridae is a
family of
hystricognath rodents that
contains the d****ie rat (Petromus typicus) of
southwestern Africa, the only
extant member of this...
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Parvorder Phiomorpha sensu stricto Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats
Family Petromuridae: D****ie rats
Family Bathyergidae:
African mole-rats
Parvorder Caviomorpha...
- (naked mole rats,
monotypic taxon)
Hystricidae (Old
World porcupines)
Petromuridae (d****ie rat,
monotypic taxon)
Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
Abrocomidae (chinchilla...
- Heterocephalidae:
naked mole-rat
Family Hystricidae: Old
World porcupines Family Petromuridae: d****ie rat
Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats
Parvorder Caviomorpha Superfamily...
- is controversial. At its core lie the
extant families Thryonomyidae,
Petromuridae, and
Bathyergidae and
their extinct relatives. The Old
World porcupines...
- Octodontidae: Aconaemys, a
genus in
Argentina and
Chile Members of the
family Petromuridae: Petromus, an
African genus often called d****ie rats.
Members of the...
- outcroppings. It is the only
living member of its genus, Petromus, and family,
Petromuridae. The name "d****ie"
means "hyrax" in Afrikaans, and the two
animals are...
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Family Bathyergidae: (about 21 species)
African mole-rats (Africa)
Family Petromuridae: (1 species) rock d****ies (Africa)
Family Thryonomyidae: (2 species)...
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African hystricognaths in the
families Thryonomyidae (cane rats) and
Petromuridae (d****ie rats).
Together these three living families along with their...
- results,
which suggest that the
Phiomorpha (as
restricted to Bathyergidae,
Petromuridae, and Thryonomyidae) are
sister taxa to the Caviomorpha. In fact, until...
