Family PEDETIDAE

(SPRINGHARES)

• Large, saltatorial, bipedal rodent, with big eyes, elongated and foldable pinnae, ungrooved incisors, short forelimbs, large and powerful hindlimbs, and long furry tail.

• 70-90 cm.

• Afrotropical Region.

Arid and semiarid flat and open savannas.

1 genus, 2 species, 2 taxa.

No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.