Echimyidae
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Echimyidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the spiny rats.
Usage notes
[edit]- Now incorporates the nutria (Myocastor coypus) and hutia.
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): Capromyinae, Carterodontinae, Echimyinae, Euryzygomatomyinae (subfamilies)
- Adelphomyinae, Eumysopinae, 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.