Echimyidae
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/EchimysFerrugineusMintern.jpg/220px-EchimysFerrugineusMintern.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Echimyidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the spiny rats.
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes incorporating the nutria (Myocastor coypus, sole species of family Myocastoridae)
Hypernyms
[edit]- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (family): Dactylomyinae, Echimyinae, Eumysopinae (subfamilies)
- Adelphomyinae, Heteropsomyinae (extinct subfamilies)
References
[edit]Echimyidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Echimyidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Echimyidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Echimyidae in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.