Petromuridae Explained

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

The genus Petromus contains a couple of extinct species,[1] and additionally there are fossil genera formerly of the family Thryonomyidae that were found to belong to this family instead; Apodecter, Tufamys and two species of Paraphiomys (australis and roessneri) which have yet to be placed in their own genus.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sénégas . F. . A New Species of Petromus (Rodentia, Hystricognatha, Petromuridae) from the Early Pliocene of South Africa and Its Paleoenvironmental Implications . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 2004 . 24 . 3 . 757–763 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0757:ANSOPR]2.0.CO;2 . 4524764 . 129787889 .
  2. Sallam . H.M. . Seiffert . E.R. . Revision of Oligocene 'Paraphiomys' and an origin for crown Thryonomyoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Phiomorpha) near the Oligocene–Miocene boundary in Africa . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2019 . 190 . 1 . 352–371 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz148 .

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