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刺睡鼠科

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刺睡鼠科
化石时期:中新世 – 现代
刺山鼠 Platacanthomys lasiurus
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 啮齿目 Rodentia
亚目: 鼠形亚目 Myomorpha
总科: 鼠总科 Muroidea
科: 刺睡鼠科 Platacanthomyidae
Alston英语Edward Richard Alston, 1876

刺睡鼠科学名Platacanthomyidae)俗称东方睡鼠,为哺乳纲啮齿目的一科,包括多刺睡鼠中国侏儒睡鼠。刺睡鼠科和睡鼠科的区别在于:它们没有磨牙并有3齿颊。

过去,刺睡鼠科的进化关系一直不确定的,直到遗传分子学的发展发现它是现存鼠总科之中最早分开演化的一群(基群)。其眶下管形状独特,头骨存在多个颅骨椎间孔,可依此将它们与鼹形鼠科真鼠类英语Eumuroida区分开来。

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