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    Petromuridae is a family of hystricognath rodents that contains the dassie 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: Dassie rats Family Bathyergidae: African mole-rats Parvorder Caviomorpha...
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    Heterocephalidae: naked mole-rat Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines Family Petromuridae: dassie rat Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats Parvorder Caviomorpha Superfamily...
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    (naked mole rats, monotypic taxon) Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) Petromuridae (dassie rat, monotypic taxon) Thryonomyidae (cane rats) Abrocomidae (chinchilla...
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    is controversial. At its core lie the extant families Thryonomyidae, Petromuridae, and Bathyergidae and their extinct relatives. The Old World porcupines...
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  • Octodontidae: Aconaemys, a genus in Argentina and Chile Members of the family Petromuridae: Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats. Members of the...
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    outcroppings. It is the only living member of its genus, Petromus, and family, Petromuridae. The name "dassie" 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 dassies (Africa) Family Thryonomyidae: (2 species)...
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    African hystricognaths in the families Thryonomyidae (cane rats) and Petromuridae (dassie rats). Together these three living families along with their...
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    Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...
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