-
plate and the
relative size of the
infraorbital foramen,
distinguishes hystricognaths from
other rodent groups. The 18
families within the Hystricognathi...
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Caviomorpha is the
rodent parvorder that
unites all New
World hystricognaths. It is
supported by both
fossil and
molecular evidence. The
Caviomorpha was...
- Africa), is one of two
species of cane rats, a
small family of
African hystricognath rodents. It
lives by reed-beds and
riverbanks in Sub-Saharan Africa...
- Australia,
South America, and to a
lesser degree Africa.
Although the
hystricognath rodents may have
evolved from an
early entodacryan ancestor in Asia...
- The
pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving
hystricognath rodent indigenous to
South America.
Native Tupi
people call it the
pacarana (false...
- of
burrowing Old
World rodents: Bathyergidae, a
family of
about 20
hystricognath species in six
genera from
Africa also
called blesmols. Heterocephalus...
-
Thryonomyidae is a
family of
hystricognath rodents that
contains the cane rats (Thryonomys)
found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and a
number of fossil...
- New World: a
molecular chronicle of the
phylogeny and
biogeography of
hystricognath rodents".
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20 (2): 238–251. doi:10...
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Porcupines are
large rodents with
coats of
sharp spines, or quills, that
protect them
against predation. The term
covers two
families of animals: the Old...
- and
their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich
family of
hystricognath rodents. It is
probably also the most
ecologically diverse, with members...
