The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus, Lao: ຂະຍຸ), sometimes called the "rat-squirrel", is a species of rodent found in the Khammouan...
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Laonastes, a genus from Laos Rat Rock (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rock rat. If an internal link led...
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roots. Living diatomyids are only represented by the Laotian rock rat from the Khammouan region of Laos. Fossil diatomyids have been recovered in Pakistan...
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living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat). Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi"...
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Thakhek (redirect from Thakhek, Laos)
through the Mụ Giạ Pass. Western scientists first encountered the Laotian rock rat, kha nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus), in Thakhek's market. "Results of...
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pond heron Indian muntjac Indochinese tiger Irrawaddy dolphin Kouprey Laotian rock rat Lar gibbon Leopard cat Lesser adjutant Little cormorant Little grebe...
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(5 species) gundis (Africa, Asia) Family Diatomyidae: (1 species) Laotian rock rat (Southeast Asia) Family Hystricidae: (11 Species) Old World porcupines...
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and Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), the latter being a Lazarus taxon. The lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) is found in Laos, and...
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sister taxa to the Caviomorpha. In fact, until the discovery of the Laotian rock rat, all modern hystricognath families were restricted to South America...
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included, but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat. Family Pedetidae Genus Pedetes South African springhare, P. capensis...
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have been discovered in previously unexplored areas, including the Laotian rock rat, thought to be extinct. The low-lying coastal geography of the region...
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basal to all hystricognaths or basal to all hystricognaths except the Laotian rock rat (family Diatomyidae); also, more recent evidence not supports them...
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Diatomyidae: Laotian rock rat Infraorder Hystricognathi Parvorder Phiomorpha Family Bathyergidae: African mole rats Family Heterocephalidae: naked mole-rat Family...
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Ctenodactyloidea †Chapattimyidae Ctenodactylidae – gundis Diatomyidae – Laotian rock rat †Tamquammyidae †Yuomyidae Hystricognathiformes †Tsaganomyidae Hystricognathi...
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monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus)[citation needed] Monito del monte (Dromiciops...
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Laonastes aenigmamus - Laotian rock rat Genus Bathyergus Bathyergus janetta - Namaqua dune mole rat Bathyergus suillus - Cape dune mole rat Genus Cryptomys Cryptomys...
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Diatomys is the extant Laotian rock rat, a unique rodent first described in 2005 (Jenkins et al., 2004) from Khammouan, Laos. The remaining diatomyid...
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Pectinator - Speke's pectinator Family Diatomyidae Genus Laonastes - Laotian rock rat Family Caviidae Genus Cavia - guinea pigs Genus Dolichotis - mara Genus...
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forests. New species and even families are often found there (e.g. Laotian rock rat). It is home to about 500 native mammal species. The bird fauna is...
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found in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina and redescribed in 2006. Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), a member of a family (Diatomyidae) thought...
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described since 2000 are the Cypriot mouse (Mus cypriacus), and the Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), which represents a family, Diatomyidae, thought...
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families of rodents, including the hares, pikas, chinchillas, the Laotian rock rat (a living fossil), the capybara (the largest extant rodent), and the...
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rat Ashy chinchilla rat Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat Desmarest's hutia Common gundi Lowland paca Southern viscacha Plains viscacha Laotian rock rat...
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superfamily Ctenodactyloidea (Wang, 2001), which also contains the living Laotian rock rat and gundis and their fossil relatives (families Diatomyidae and Ctenodactylidae...
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Khammouane province (redirect from Khammouan Province, Laos)
previously known only from fossils. The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus), also called the "rat-squirrel", was formally described as a...
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newly identified in different parts of the world since 2000. "New giant rat species discovered - CNN.com". CNN. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2010-05-22. Musser...
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and two new species of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the Laotian rock-rat Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins (Rodentia:...
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the 1960s and 1970s. In 2006 she disputed the classification of the Laotian rock rat, arguing that it is a member of the family Diatomyidae, which had previously...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Laos. The following species are locally extinct in the country: Indian hog deer, Axis porcinus possibly...
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