| NOUN | a Laotian rock rat | Laotian rock rats |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Notable among those described since 2000 are the Cypriot mouse, "Mus cypriacus", and the Laotian rock rat, "Laonastes aenigmamus", which represents a family (Diatomyidae) thought to be extinct since the Miocene, and has been described as a living fossil.
- In 2006 she disputed the classification of the Laotian rock rat, arguing that it is a member of the family Diatomyidae, which had previously been believed to have gone extinct 11 million years ago.
- Western scientists first encountered the Laotian rock rat, "kha nyou" (Laonastes aenigmamus), in Thakhek's market.
- According to a DNA 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).
- The family includes one living genus and three extinct genera. The Asian fossil "Diatomys" was previously included, but is now classified in the family Diatomyidae with the Laotian rock rat.
- Ctenodactylomorphi is an infraorder of the rodent suborder Hystricomorpha that includes two living families, the Ctenodactylidae (gundis) and the Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rat).
- The most striking discovery coming from the Phou Hin Poun NBCA is the Laotian rock rat ("Laonastes aenigmamus"), so unusual that it was first assigned to its own family and later to a family previously thought to be extinct for 11 million years.
- Head and body was about [...]. The overall appearance of "Diatomys" was thought to be very similar to the extant Laotian rock rat.
- The Old World porcupines (Hystricidae) are sometimes included in Phiomorpha, but many authorities consider them either basal to all hystricognaths or basal to all hystricognaths except the Laotian rock rat (family Diatomyidae); also, more recent evidence not supports them belonging in Phiomorpha.
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