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FAMILY Petromuridae

Author:Wood, 1955.
Citation:J. Mammal, 36(2): 184.
Comments:Swanepoel et al. (1980:161) employed Petromuridae instead of Petromyidae for this family (see Petromus). The group had an elaborate Tertiary radiation composed of at least two subfamilies and seven known genera. The placement of this family along with the Thryonomyidae into the superfamily Thryonomuroidea is supported by many studies (Huchon and Douzery, 2001; Lavocat, 1973; Luckett and Harteberger, 1985b; Nedbal et al., 1994; Patterson and Wood, 1982; Sarich, 1985). The superfamily Thryonomuroidea was not recognized by McKenna and Bell (1997).
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Offspring:

GENUS Petromus

SPECIES typicus

SUBSPECIES typicus

SUBSPECIES ausensis

SUBSPECIES barbiensis

SUBSPECIES cinnamomeus

SUBSPECIES coetzeei

SUBSPECIES cunealis

SUBSPECIES greeni

SUBSPECIES guinasensis

SUBSPECIES karasensis

SUBSPECIES kobosensis

SUBSPECIES majoriae

SUBSPECIES namaquensis

SUBSPECIES pallidior

SUBSPECIES tropicalis

SUBSPECIES windhoekensis

Synonyms:

    Petromyidae Tullberg, 1899

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