Definition of Hyracoidea. Meaning of Hyracoidea. Synonyms of Hyracoidea

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Definition of Hyracoidea

Hyracoidea
Hyracoidea Hyr`a*coi"de*a, n. pl. [NL. See Hyrax, and oid.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of small hoofed mammals, comprising the single living genus Hyrax.

Meaning of Hyracoidea from wikipedia

- thickset, herbivorous mammals in the family Procaviidae within the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. Modern hyraxes...
- (including elephants), Sirenia (sea cows, including dugongs and manatees), and Hyracoidea (hyraxes). At least two more possible orders are known only as fossils...
- Afrikaans: klipd****ie), it is one of the five living species of the order Hyracoidea, and the only one in the genus Procavia. Rock hyraxes weigh 4–5 kg (8...
- Pilosa (0.3%) Scandentia (0.3%) Paucituberculata (0.1%) Pholidota (0.1%) Hyracoidea (0.09%) Monotremata (0.08%) Sirenia (0.06%) Proboscidea (0.05%) Dermoptera...
- Pilosa (0.3%) Scandentia (0.3%) Paucituberculata (0.1%) Pholidota (0.1%) Hyracoidea (0.09%) Monotremata (0.08%) Sirenia (0.06%) Proboscidea (0.05%) Dermoptera...
- Meniscotheriidae) and Pantomesaxonia (Sirenia, Desmostylia, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, and Perissodactyla) are sister groups together making up the superorder...
- Pilosa (0.3%) Scandentia (0.3%) Paucituberculata (0.1%) Pholidota (0.1%) Hyracoidea (0.09%) Monotremata (0.08%) Sirenia (0.06%) Proboscidea (0.05%) Dermoptera...
- and rhinoceroses), the Suina (pigs and peccaries), the Hippopotamidae, Hyracoidea (hyraxes) and Sirenians (Manatee and dugong). The term is important in...
- includes the taxon Paenungulata (i.e. for example Proboscidea, Sirenia and Hyracoidea) and sometimes also the taxa Tubulidentata and Dinocerata (and in the...
- The following is a list of largest mammals by family. The largest of these insectivorous mammals is the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), native to...