Psammomys
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Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.[1]
Quick Facts Psammomys Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent, Scientific classification ...
Psammomys Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent | |
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Fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subtribe: | Rhombomyina |
Genus: | Psammomys Cretzschmar, 1828 |
Type species | |
Psammomys obesus | |
Species | |
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The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words ψάμμος (psámmos), meaning "sand", and μῦς (mûs), meaning "mouse, rat".[2][3]
The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.[4]
It contains the following species:
- Fat sand rat, Psammomys obesus
- Thin sand rat, Psammomys vexillaris