Ctenodactylus
Sign in to saveCtenodactylus, from Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís), meaning "comb", and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger", is a genus of rodents in the family Ctenodactylidae (comb rats or gundis). It contains the following species :
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyCtenodactylidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Ctenodactylidae
- Collections
- UAZ, AMNH, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Morocco, Tunisia, AlgéRie
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- Ctenodactylus
- taxon name
- Ctenodactylus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Ctenodactylus
- time period
- Holocene
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Ctenodactylus, from Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís), meaning "comb", and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger", is a genus of rodents in the family Ctenodactylidae (comb rats or gundis). It contains the following species : Common gundi - C. gundi Val's gundi - C. vali
==References== Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1536.
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