Storchipedetes

Storchipedetes; Temporal range: Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Pedetidae
Genus:	† Storchipedetes
Species:	†S. afroasiaticus
Binomial name
	†Storchipedetes afroasiaticus; Fazal et al., 2025

Last updated October 21, 2025

Storchipedetes is an extinct genus of pedetid rodent that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Palaeoecology

It is believed based on the morphology of the species that Storchipedetes afroasiaticus had a preference for more closed habitats compared to other springhares.^[1]

References

↑ Fazal, Rana Mehroz; Ni, Xi-Jun; Li, Qiang; Qiu, Zhu-Ding; Yang, Yang-Heshan (2025). "A springhare from the Late Miocene Yuanmou Lufengpithecus site in Yunnan Province, China". Vertebrata Palasiatica . doi:10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.250702 . Retrieved 20 October 2025– via Vertebrata Palasiatica.

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[1] Fazal, Rana Mehroz; Ni, Xi-Jun; Li, Qiang; Qiu, Zhu-Ding; Yang, Yang-Heshan (2025). "A springhare from the Late Miocene Yuanmou Lufengpithecus site in Yunnan Province, China". Vertebrata Palasiatica . doi:10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.250702 . Retrieved 20 October 2025– via Vertebrata Palasiatica.

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