{{Short description|Family of rodents}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Early Miocene to Recent <ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindat.org|url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-5514.html|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> | image = Springharelg.jpg | image_caption = Springhare (''Pedetes'' sp.) | taxon = Pedetidae | authority = Gray, 1825<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=104243|title=Namebank Record Detail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=573169Z|title = Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text | synonyms = | range_map = File:Pedetidae distribution.png | range_map_caption = Pedetidae distribution. ''Pedetes capensis'' in red, ''Pedetes surdaster'' in green. }}

The '''Pedetidae''' are a family of rodents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=2476920|title = Namebank Record Detail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/browse/tree/id/2243150|title=Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=classification&BLCHID=69-1873 |title=Micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006 |access-date=2010-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718090141/http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=classification&BLCHID=69-1873 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=648072|title = ION: Index to Organism Names}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pedetidae.html|title=Pedetidae (Springhare)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eol.org/pages/8701|title = Springhares - Encyclopedia of Life}}</ref> The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of Southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.gbif.org/species/13149100|title = Search}}</ref> Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey.<ref name=McKB97>McKenna, M.C. and Bell, S.K. 1997. Classification of Mammals: Above the species level. New York: Columbia University Press, 631&nbsp;pp. {{ISBN|978-0-231-11013-6}} (p.&nbsp;185)</ref> Together with the anomalures and zenkerella, Pedetidae forms the suborder Anomaluromorpha. The fossil genus ''Parapedetes'' is also related.<ref name=McKB97/>

== Taxonomy == The family includes one living genus and four extinct genera. The Asian fossil ''Diatomys'' was previously included,<ref name=McKB97/> but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat. *'''Family Pedetidae''' **Genus ''Pedetes''<ref name=Pedetidae>{{Cite journal|author=M. Pickford and P. Mein |year=2011 |title=New Pedetidae (Rodentia: Mammalia) from the Mio-Pliocene of Africa |doi=10.3989/egeol.40714.202 |journal=Estudios Geológicos |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=455–469 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00684514/document/ |doi-access=free }}</ref> ***South African springhare, ''P. capensis'' ***†''Pedetes gracilis'' ***†''Pedetes hagenstadti'' ***East African springhare, ''P. surdaster'' **Genus †''Megapedetes''<ref name="Pedetidae"/> ***†''Megapedetes aegaeus'' ***†''Megapedetes gariepensis'' ***†''Megapedetes pentadactylus'' **Genus †''Oldrichpedetes''<ref name="Pedetidae"/> ***†''Oldrichpedetes brigitteae'' ***†''Oldrichpedetes fejfari'' ***†''Oldrichpedetes pickfordi'' ***†''Oldrichpedetes praecursor'' **Genus †''Propedetes'' ***†''Propedetes efeldensis'' ***†''Propedetes laetoliensis'' **Genus †''Rusingapedetes''<ref name=Pedetidae /> ***†''Rusingapedetes tsujikawai''

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==Further reading== <!-- *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=10021&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock] *[http://www.eol.org/external_link?url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Pedetidae] -->*Incisor enamel microstructure and phylogenetic interrelationships of Pedetidae and Ctenodactyloidea (Rodentia). *Einiges zur Haltung und Zucht Hornchenartiger (Sciuromorpha) im Zoologischen Garten. *Postcranial morphology and springing adaptations in Pedetidae from Arrisdrift, Middle Miocene (Namibia). *Pelvic shape in gliding rodents: implications for the launch. *Tracking genome organization in rodents by Zoo-FISH. *Feldhamer, G. A., L. C. Drickamer, S. H. Vessey, and J. F. Merritt. 1999. Mammalogy. Adaptation, Diversity, and Ecology. WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston. xii+563pp. *McLaughlin, C. A. 1984. Protrogomorph, sciuromorph, castorimorph, myomorph (geomyoid, anomaluroid, pedetoid, and ctenodactyloid) rodents. pp.&nbsp;267–288 in Anderson, S. and J. K. Jones, Jr. (eds). Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y. xii+686 pp. *Paradiso, J. L. 1975. Walker's Mammals of the World, Third Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. *Savage, R. J. G. and M. R. Long. 1986. Mammal Evolution, an Illustrated Guide. Facts of File Publications, New York. 259 pp. *Vaughan, T. A. 1986. Mammalogy. Third Edition. Saunders College Publishing, Fort Worth. vii+576 pp. *Vaughan, T. A., J. M. Ryan, N. J. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy. Fourth Edition. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. vii+565pp. *Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. xviii+1206 pp. {{Anomaluromorpha}} {{Rodents}} {{Pedetidae nav}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q577376}}

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