Taxa

Petromuridae

Family

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Petromuridae." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/family-petromuridae.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Petromuridae. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/family-petromuridae

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-petromuridae,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Petromuridae},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/family-petromuridae},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

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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