''Ctenodactylus'', from

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κτείς (''kteís''), meaning "comb", and δάκτυλος (''dáktulos''), meaning "finger", is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

s in the family Ctenodactylidae (comb rats or gundis). It contains the following species : * Common gundi - ''C. gundi'' * Val's gundi - ''C. vali''

References

* Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 ''in'' D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. ''Mammal Species of the World'', 3rd edition, p. 1536. Ctenodactylomorphi Rodent genera Mammals described in 1830 Taxa named by John Edward Gray Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{rodent-stub