Family Pedetidae Gray 1825 (springhare)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae
Parent taxon: Anomaluroidea according to C. Montgelard et al. 2002
See also Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 and Nowak 1999
Sister taxa: Anomaluridae, Nementchamyidae, Nonanomaluridae, Zegdoumyidae
Subtaxa: Megapedetes Parapedetes Pedetes
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (3 collections), South Africa (4), Tanzania (2)
• Pliocene of Tanzania (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (9), Namibia (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Uganda (2)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences