Myocastoridae

Translingual

Etymology

Myocastor +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Myocastoridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the coypu, river rat or nutria.

Usage notes

• Sometimes placed in Echimyidae with spiny rats.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): 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

• (family): Myocastor - sole genus, Myocastor coypus - sole species

References

• Myocastoridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Myocastoridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Myocastoridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Myocastoridae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.