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Gundis or comb rats are a group of small, stocky, African rodents in the family Ctenodactylidae. They live in rocky deserts across Northern Africa. The family comprises four living genera and five species (Speke's gundi, Felou gundi, Val's or desert gundi, common or North African gundi and Mzab gundi), as well as numerous extinct genera and species. They are in the superfamily Ctenodactyloidea. Local people in northern Africa have always known about gundis, however they first came to the notice of Western naturalists in Tripoli in 1774, and were given the name gundi mice. While they are not re
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梳齿鼠科（学名：Ctenodactylida）也称櫛趾鼠科，是啮齿目豪猪亚目下的一科，分布于摩洛哥南部至利比亚西北部的沙漠地带，[1]现存4属： 梳齿鼠属（Ctenodactylus） 沟齿梳趾鼠属（Felovia） 撒哈拉梳趾鼠属（Massoutiera） 软毛梳趾鼠属（Pectinator） 参考资料 ^ 国家教育研究院，2013年4月23日查阅 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=梳齿鼠科&oldid=52897192” 分类： 梳齿鼠科 啮齿目 隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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Gundis or comb rats are a group of small, stocky, African rodents in the family Ctenodactylidae. They live in rocky deserts across Northern Africa. The family comprises four living genera and five species (Speke's gundi, Felou gundi, Val's or desert gundi, common or North African gundi and Mzab gundi), as well as numerous extinct genera and species. They are in the superfamily Ctenodactyloidea. Local people in northern Africa have always known about gundis, however they first came to the notice of Western naturalists in Tripoli in 1774, and were given the name gundi mice. While they are not regarded as pests, some people hunt gundis for food.
All living gundi species are members of the Ctenodactylinae sub-family. The Ctenodactylidae family also includes three extinct sub-families, Tataromyinae, Karakoromyinae and Dystylomyinae. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís), meaning "comb", and δάκτυλος (dáktulos), meaning "finger".