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    Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorph rodents. It is represented by a single living species, Laonastes aenigmamus, native to Laos in Southeast Asia...
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    coauthors. They suggested the rat belongs to the ancient fossil family Diatomyidae, which was thought to have been extinct for 11 million years, since the...
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  • Petromus, an African genus often called dassie rats. Members of the family Diatomyidae: Laonastes, a genus from Laos Rat Rock (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    the realm, as are families Craseonycteridae (Kitti's hog-nosed bat), Diatomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Tarsiidae (tarsiers) and Hylobatidae (gibbons). Large...
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    Infraorder Ctenodactylomorphi Family Ctenodactylidae: gundis Family Diatomyidae: Laotian rock rat Infraorder Hystricognathi Parvorder Phiomorpha Family...
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    hystricognaths or basal to all hystricognaths except the Laotian rock rat (family Diatomyidae). Hystricidae fossils from as old as the Miocene have been unearthed...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...
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    2006. Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), a member of a family (Diatomyidae) thought to have gone extinct 11 million years ago; found in 1996. Monito...
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    that includes two living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat). Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder...
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    Hystricomorpha Family Ctenodactylidae: (5 species) gundis (Africa, Asia) Family Diatomyidae: (1 species) Laotian rock rat (Southeast Asia) Family Hystricidae: (11...
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    Diatomys was previously included, but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat. Family Pedetidae Genus Pedetes South African...
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    Superfamily Ctenodactyloidea †Chapattimyidae Ctenodactylidae – gundis Diatomyidae – Laotian rock rat †Tamquammyidae †Yuomyidae Hystricognathiformes †Tsaganomyidae...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    Indomalayan realm, as are families Craseonycteridae (Kitti's hog-nosed bat), Diatomyidae, Platacanthomyidae, Tarsiidae (tarsiers) and Hylobatidae (gibbons). Large...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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  • (Pocket mouse) Suborder Hystricomorpha Family Ctenodactylidae Family Diatomyidae Family Caviidae Family Cuniculidae Family Dasyproctidae Family Abrocomidae...
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  • Massoutiera - Mzab gundi Genus Pectinator - Speke's pectinator Family Diatomyidae Genus Laonastes - Laotian rock rat Family Caviidae Genus Cavia - guinea...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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  • rat Rhizomys sumatrensis Raffles, 1821 Forest LC IUCN Unknown Family Diatomyidae Laotian rock rat Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson &...
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  • Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), which represents a family, Diatomyidae, thought to be extinct since the Miocene, and has been described as a...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    Family †Laonastidae Jenkins et al. 2005 Suborder Hystricomorpha Family †Diatomyidae Mein & Ginsburg 1997 Family †Chapattimyinae Hussain, de Bruijn & Leinders...
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    †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Diatomyidae Genus: †Diatomys Li, 1974 Type species †Diatomys shantungensis Li, 1974...
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  • living Laotian rock rat and gundis and their fossil relatives (families Diatomyidae and Ctenodactylidae, respectively). When Wang named the family, gobiomyids...
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  • †Pireddamys †Proafricanomys †Prosayimys †Sardomys †Sayimys †Tartaromys Diatomyidae †Diatomys †Fallomus †Inopinatia Laonastes †Marymus †Pierremus †Willmus...
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