CTENODACTYLIDAE, Gervais, 1853

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Ctenodactylidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 288-299 : 288

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6587796
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6587776
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scientific name	CTENODACTYLIDAE
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Family CTENODACTYLIDAE View in CoL

(GUNDIS)

• Medium-sized rodents with short legs, short tails, flat ears, big eyes, and long whiskers.

• 16-30 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic and Afrotropical regions. View Figure

• Essentially desert or semi-desert terrains.

• 4 genera, 5 species, 5 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
SubOrder	Hystricomorpha
InfraOrder	Ctenodactylomorphi
Family	Ctenodactylidae

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