''Ctenodactylus'' 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 lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...

in the family Ctenodactylidae (comb rats or gundis). It encompasses the

common gundi The common gundi (''Ctenodactylus gundi'') is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The parasitic organism ''Toxoplasma gondii'' was first described in 1908 in Tunis by Charles ...

(''C. gundi'') and the closely related species 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. Rodent genera Mammals described in 1830 Taxa named by John Edward Gray Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{rodent-stub