Pedetes
| Springhare Temporal range: Middle Pliocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| South African springhare (P. capensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Pedetidae |
| Genus: | Pedetes Illiger, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Yerbua capensis Forster, 1778 | |
| Species | |
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Pedetes is a genus of rodent, the springhares, in the family Pedetidae. Members of the genus are distributed across southern and Eastern Africa.