Diatomyidae

Diatomyidae
Temporal range: Early Oligocene – Recent
32.5–0 Ma
Young male Laotian rock rat, Laonastes aenigmamus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Superfamily: Ctenodactyloidea
Family: Diatomyidae
Mein & Ginsburg, 1997
Type genus
Diatomys
Li, 1974
Genera

Laonastes
Diatomys
Fallomus
Marymus
Willmus
Inopinatia
? Pierremus

Synonyms

Laonastidae Jenkins et al. 2005

Diatomyidae is a family of suborder Hystricomorpha, are rodents found in Asia. It is currently represented by a single known living species, the Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus).


Species

References

  1. López-Antoñanzas, R. (2010). "First diatomyid rodent from the Early Miocene of Arabia" (PDF). Naturwissenschaften. 98 (2): 117–123. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0745-0. PMID 21136247. S2CID 41698521.

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