Petromus

<i>Petromus</i>

Petromus

Family of rodents

Petromus is a genus of hystricognath rodents that contains the dassie rat (Petromus typicus) of southwestern Africa, the only extant member of this group and the entire family Petromuridae.

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Two fossil species are known from the Pliocene, with the oldest being Petromus antiquus of the Early Pliocene.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Sénégas, F. (2004). "A New Species of Petromus (Rodentia, Hystricognatha, Petromuridae) from the Early Pliocene of South Africa and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3): 757–763.
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