Pedetes
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Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae. Members of the genus are distributed across southern and Eastern Africa.
==Species== A number of species both extant and extinct are classified in the genus Pedetes. They include: South African springhare or springhaas (Pedetes capensis) East African springhare (Pedetes surdaster) Pedetes laetoliensis (Davies, 1987) (Pliocene fossil)