Psammomys

Psammomys
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Recent
Fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subtribe: Rhombomyina
Genus: Psammomys
Cretzschmar, 1828
Type species
Psammomys obesus
Species

Psammomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae.

The etymology of the genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek words ψάμμος (psámmos), meaning "sand", and μῦς (mûs), meaning "mouse, rat".

The complete nuclear DNA genome of one Psamomys species, P. obesus, has been sequenced in 2017.

It contains the following species:


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