Hystricognathi

Translingual

Cavia porcellus (guinea pig; infraorder Caviomorpha)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Hystricognathi

A taxonomic suborder within the order Rodentia – the hystricognaths.

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[1]

Hyponyms

(suborder): Caviomorpha, Phiomorpha (infraorders)
porcupine (polyphyletic grouping of Old World porcupines and New World porcupines)

References

Hystricognathi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hystricognathi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Rodentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hystricognathi at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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