Pedetidae Gray 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Pedetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1535-1535 : 1535

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scientific name

Pedetidae Gray 1825
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Pedetidae Gray 1825 View in CoL

Pedetidae Gray 1825 View in CoL , Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 342.

Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:

Genus Pedetes Illiger 1811 (2 species)

Discussion: See Misonne (1974, Pt. 6:8). The phylogenetic position of the Pedetidae (as is also the case with ctenodactilids) has traditionally been uncertain because it shares both hystricognathic and sciurognatic characters. Ellerman (1940) suggested placing them in an independent Superfamily Pedetoidea within the Suborder Sciuromorpha , which was supported by Fischer and Mossman (1969), Lavocat (1974), and Wood (1974). Otianga’a-Owiti et al. (1992) investigated fetal membranes and placental development of the East African Springhare and confirmed a close relationship to Suborder Sciuromorpha , in which they would place springhares in their own Superfamily Pedetoidea . Landry (1999) recognized the pedetids as a group of high phylogenetic position and suggested the creation of a separate Suborder Pedetomorpha , of equal rank with Entodacrya and Sciurognathi. According to Huchon et al. (2000), the pedetids form an independent and early diverging major lineage because of their incisors possessing a multiserial enamel, thus suggesting a convergent evolution with the Hystricognathi. In their opinion, the pedetids could be a sister-clade of the Ctenohystrica and the earliest offshoot among rodents.

Ellerman, J. R. 1940. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. 1. Rodents other than Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 689 pp.

Fischer, T. V., and H. W. Mossman. 1969. The fetal membranes of Pedetes capensis, and their taxonomic significance. American Journal of Anatomy, 124: 89 - 116.

Gray, J. E. 1825. Outline of an attempt at the disposition of the Mammalia into tribes and families with a list of the genera apparently appertaining to each tribe. Annals of Philosophy, n. s., ser. 2, 10: 337 - 344.

Huchon, D., F. Catzeflis, and E. J. P. Douzery. 2000. Variance of molecular datings, evolution of rodents and the phylogenetic affinities between Ctenodactylidae and Hystricognathi. Proceedings of the Royal Societyof London B, 267: 393 - 402.

Illiger, C. D. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis uttriusque classis. Salfeld, Berlin, 301 pp.

Landry, S. O., Jr. 1999. A proposal for a new classification and nomenclature for the Glires (Lagomorpha and Rodentia). Mitteilungen des Museums fur Naturkunde, Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 75: 283 - 316.

Lavocat, R. 1974. What is an hystricomorph? Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, 34: 7 - 20.

Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.

Wood, A. E. 1974. The evolution of the Old World and New World hystricomorphs. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, 34: 21 - 60.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Pedetidae