Family CTENODACTYLIDAE

(GUNDIS)

• Medium-sized rodents with short legs, short tails, flat ears, big eyes, and long whiskers.

• 16-30 cm.

• Palearctic and Afrotropical regions.

• Essentially desert or semi-desert terrains.

• 4 genera, 5 species, 5 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.