Echimyidae
Translingual
editEtymology
editProper noun
editEchimyidae
- 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.