Pedetes

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The list of species of Pedetes genus

Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae. Members of the genus are distributed across southern and Eastern Africa.

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The list of species of Pedetes genus

Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae. Members of the genus are distributed across southern and Eastern Africa.

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South African Springhare

Pedetes capensis

The South African springhare (Pedetes capensis ) (Afrikaans: springhaas) is a medium-sized terrestrial and burrowing rodent. Despite the name, it is not a hare. It is one of two extant species in the genus Pedetes, and is native to southern Africa....

East African springhare

Pedetes surdaster

The East African springhare (Pedetes surdaster ), is not closely related to the hare, which is a lagomorph, but is a member of the Pedetidae, a rodent family.