Dasyproctidae

Translingual

Dasyprocta leporina

Etymology

From Dasyprocta +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Dasyproctidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the common agoutis and the acouchis.

Hypernyms

• (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; Cavioidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Dasyprocta, Myoprocta (genera)
  • †Alloiomys, †Andemys, †Australoprocta, †Branisamys, †Incamys, †Neoreomys, †Megastus, †Palmiramys, (extinct genera)

References

• Dasyproctidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dasyproctidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dasyproctidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dasyproctidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Dasyproctidae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.