Petromus
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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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Petromus | |
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Dassie rat (Petromus typicus) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Petromuridae |
Genus: | Petromus A. Smith, 1831 |
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Two fossil species are known from the Pliocene, with the oldest being Petromus antiquus of the Early Pliocene.[1]