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Psammomys
Genus of rodents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.[1]
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
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