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

The South African springhare (Pedetes capensis) (Afrikaans: springhaas) is a medium-sized terrestrial and burrowing rodent. Despite the name, it is not...

The East African springhare (Pedetes surdaster) is an African mammal that is not closely related to the hare, which is not a lagomorph, but is a member...

closely related to the Anomaluromorpha (the scaly-tailed squirrels and the springhare) and Myomorpha (mouse-like rodents). Suborder Castorimorpha Superfamily...

The Pedetidae are a family of rodents. The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya...

Anomaluromorpha Family Anomaluridae: scaly-tailed squirrels Family Pedetidae: springhares Family Zenkerellidae: Cameroon scaly-tail Suborder Castorimorpha Superfamily...

termite mounds and dense cover in unoccupied burrows of South African springhare (Pedetes capensis), aardvark (Orycteropus afer), and Cape porcupine (Hystrix...

their large aerial phases cause them to be confused with hopping mice Springhare – a similar pedetid rodent native to southern and eastern Africa Burton...

Anomaluromorpha is a clade that unites the anomalures, springhares, and zenkerella. It has alternately been designated as either a suborder or infraorder...

small proportion of their diet: in the southern Kalahari, species such as springhare, springbok lambs, bat-eared foxes and korhaans constitute only 4.2% of...