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FAMILY Thryonomyidae

Author:Pocock, 1922.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1922: 423.
Comments:Includes several fossil forms from the Oligocene of North Africa. Placed in the superfamily Thryonomuroidea, see comments under Petromuridae.
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GENUS Thryonomys

SPECIES gregorianus

SUBSPECIES gregorianus

SUBSPECIES sclateri

SPECIES swinderianus

Synonyms:

    Thrynomyidae Pocock, 1922
    Ulacodidae Brandt, 1855

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