Diatomyidae
Family of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorph rodents. It is represented by a single living species, Laonastes aenigmamus, native to Laos in Southeast Asia. Fossil species are known from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia and eastern Europe.
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Diatomyidae | |
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Young male Laotian rock rat, Laonastes aenigmamus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
Superfamily: | Ctenodactyloidea |
Family: | Diatomyidae Mein & Ginsburg, 1997 |
Type genus | |
Diatomys Li, 1974 | |
Genera | |
Laonastes | |
Synonyms | |
Laonastidae Jenkins et al. 2005 |
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