Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorph rodents. It is represented by a single living species, Laonastes aenigmamus, native to Laos in Southeast Asia...

coauthors. They suggested the rat belongs to the ancient fossil family Diatomyidae, which was thought to have been extinct for 11 million years, since the...

Infraorder Ctenodactylomorphi Family Ctenodactylidae: gundis Family Diatomyidae: Laotian rock rat Infraorder Hystricognathi Parvorder Phiomorpha Family...

the realm, as are families Craseonycteridae (Kitti's hog-nosed bat), Diatomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Tarsiidae (tarsiers) and Hylobatidae (gibbons). Large...

rat (family Diatomyidae); also, more recent evidence not supports them belonging in Phiomorpha. Molecular results suggest that the Diatomyidae is a part...

Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats. Members of the family Diatomyidae: Laonastes, a genus from Laos Rat Rock (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

that includes two living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat). Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder...

Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...

2006. Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), a member of a family (Diatomyidae) thought to have gone extinct 11 million years ago; found in 1996. Monito...

Diatomys was previously included, but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat. Family Pedetidae Genus Pedetes South African...