Pedetidae - Wikipedia
The Pedetidae are a family of rodents. [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.
ADW: Pedetidae: INFORMATION
There is no underfur. The upper parts are usually sandy brown to reddish brown, while the belly is whitish or buffy. The skull of a springhaas is massive, with very broad frontals and nasals.
Pedetes - Wikipedia
Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae. [3] Members of the genus are distributed across southern and Eastern Africa.
Vivid biofluorescence discovered in the nocturnal Springhare (Pedetidae …
2021年2月18日 · Here we document vivid biofluorescence in Pedetidae, its variation, its underlying chemical nature, and its potential ecological implications.
Springhares (Pedetidae) - Encyclopedia.com
The earliest known fossil of the Pedetidae was recorded from the early Miocene at Elizabethfeld in Namibia as Parapedetes namaquensis while a larger form of the modern springhare (Megapedetes) appeared later in the Miocene in East Africa.
Springhares (Family Pedetidae) - iNaturalist
The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order. The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey.
Pedetidae - Oxford Reference
Pedetidae. Quick Reference. ; order Rodentia, suborder Sciuromorpha) A monospecific family (Pedetes capensis) of rabbit-like, burrowing or terrestrial, nocturnal rodents which move by hopping or leaping.
Pedetidae | rodent family | Britannica
…only member of the family Pedetidae, which was recently placed, along with anomalures, in a separate suborder of rodents, Anomaluromorpha. The spring hare’s closest relatives are represented only by fossils.
ADW: Pedetes capensis: INFORMATION
Pedetes capensis is the only living genus and species of the family Pedetidae. Contributors Adria Jackson (author), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Phil Myers (editor), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Pedetidae - mindat.org
The Pedetidae are a family of mammals from the rodent order. The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey. Together with the anomalures, Pedetidae forms the suborder Anomaluromorpha.