Petromuridae is a family of hystricognath rodents known by the common name dassie rat, represented today by a single living species in the genus Petromus, found in southwestern Africa, alongside three extinct genera. Classified in the parvorder Phiomorpha with a fossil record extending from the Oligocene to the present, the dassie rat is the only extant member of its family.
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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 group.
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