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...

Laonastes, a genus from Laos Rat Rock (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rock rat. If an internal link led...

roots. Living diatomyids are only represented by the Laotian rock rat from the Khammouan region of Laos. Fossil diatomyids have been recovered in Pakistan...

living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat). Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi"...

through the Mụ Giạ Pass. Western scientists first encountered the Laotian rock rat, kha nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus), in Thakhek's market. "Results of...

pond heron Indian muntjac Indochinese tiger Irrawaddy dolphin Kouprey Laotian rock rat Lar gibbon Leopard cat Lesser adjutant Little cormorant Little grebe...

(5 species) gundis (Africa, Asia) Family Diatomyidae: (1 species) Laotian rock rat (Southeast Asia) Family Hystricidae: (11 Species) Old World porcupines...

sequence study, the ancestors of the gundis diverged from those of the Laotian rock rat around the Lutetian, some 44 million years ago (Early/Middle Eocene)...

and Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), the latter being a Lazarus taxon. The lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) is found in Laos, and...

included, but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat. Family Pedetidae Genus Pedetes South African springhare, P. capensis...

sister taxa to the Caviomorpha. In fact, until the discovery of the Laotian rock rat, all modern hystricognath families were restricted to South America...

have been discovered in previously unexplored areas, including the Laotian rock rat, thought to be extinct. The low-lying coastal geography of the region...

basal to all hystricognaths or basal to all hystricognaths except the Laotian rock rat (family Diatomyidae); also, more recent evidence not supports them...

Diatomyidae: Laotian rock rat Infraorder Hystricognathi Parvorder Phiomorpha Family Bathyergidae: African mole rats Family Heterocephalidae: naked mole-rat Family...

Ctenodactyloidea †Chapattimyidae Ctenodactylidae – gundis Diatomyidae – Laotian rock rat †Tamquammyidae †Yuomyidae Hystricognathiformes †Tsaganomyidae Hystricognathi...

monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus)[citation needed] Monito del monte (Dromiciops...

Diatomys is the extant Laotian rock rat, a unique rodent first described in 2005 (Jenkins et al., 2004) from Khammouan, Laos. The remaining diatomyid...

Laonastes aenigmamus - Laotian rock rat Genus Bathyergus Bathyergus janetta - Namaqua dune mole rat Bathyergus suillus - Cape dune mole rat Genus Cryptomys Cryptomys...

Pectinator - Speke's pectinator Family Diatomyidae Genus Laonastes - Laotian rock rat Family Caviidae Genus Cavia - guinea pigs Genus Dolichotis - mara Genus...

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...

found in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina and redescribed in 2006. Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), a member of a family (Diatomyidae) thought...

described since 2000 are the Cypriot mouse (Mus cypriacus), and the Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), which represents a family, Diatomyidae, thought...

rat Ashy chinchilla rat Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat Desmarest's hutia Common gundi Lowland paca Southern viscacha Plains viscacha Laotian rock rat...

superfamily Ctenodactyloidea (Wang, 2001), which also contains the living Laotian rock rat and gundis and their fossil relatives (families Diatomyidae and Ctenodactylidae...

Ctenodactylidae (gundis). Four genera and five species. Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou) One genus and one species. Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)...

previously known only from fossils. The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus), also called the "rat-squirrel", was formally described as a...

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...

and two new species of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the Laotian rock-rat Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins (Rodentia:...

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...

of several newly discovered endemic species, including the unusual Laotian rock rat. The bare-faced bulbul is mainly arboreal but sometimes perches on...