Ctenodactylus Felovia Massoutiera Pectinator Gundis or comb rats (family Ctenodactylidae) are a group of small, stocky rodents found in Africa.

[5] Gundis have short tails, which in some species are covered in a large fan of hair that aids in balancing as they move about their rocky and uneven environments.

[5] Their incisors lack the layer of tough, orange, enamel found in other rodents, and they have a dental formula of: Females typically give birth to two young at a time, after a gestation period of about two months.

Because of the need to preserve moisture, female gundis produce only a small amount of milk, and the young are fully weaned by four weeks of age.

They shelter in existing rock crevices at night, or during midday when the sun becomes too hot for them to remain active.

According to a DNA sequence study, the ancestors of the gundis diverged from those of the Laotian rock rat around the Lutetian, some 44 million years ago (Early/Middle Eocene).

Gundi fossils from the Pleistocene have been found in Asia, North Africa, and parts of Italy.