CTENODACTYLIDAE (Gundis)

The Ctenodactylidae is a small family of Old World rodents of uncertain derivation.
There are four living genera, with five species: Ctenodactylus (two species, Saharan
and near-Saharan North Africa), Felovia (one species, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali),
Massoutiera (one species, Saharan Algeria, Libya, Mali, Niger and Chad), and
Pectinator (one species, Horn of Africa).


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