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Thryonomyidae is a
family of
hystricognath rodents that
contains the cane rats (Thryonomys)
found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and a
number of fossil...
- porcupine,
Trichys fasciculata Parvorder Phiomorpha sensu stricto Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats
Family Petromuridae: D****ie rats
Family Bathyergidae: African...
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throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the only
extant members of the
family Thryonomyidae. They are
eaten in some
African countries and are a pest
species on...
- Hystricidae: Old
World porcupines Family Petromuridae: d****ie rat
Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats
Parvorder Caviomorpha Superfamily Erethizontoidea Family...
- (Africa)
Family Petromuridae: (1 species) rock d****ies (Africa)
Family Thryonomyidae: (2 species) cane rats (Africa)
Family Erethizontidae: (19 species)...
- species, and
additionally there are
fossil genera formerly of the
family Thryonomyidae that were
found to
belong to this
family instead; Apodecter, Tufamys...
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Hystricidae (Old
World porcupines)
Petromuridae (d****ie rat,
monotypic taxon)
Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
Abrocomidae (chinchilla rats)
Capromyidae (hutias) Caviidae...
- this
infraorder is controversial. At its core lie the
extant families Thryonomyidae, Petromuridae, and
Bathyergidae and
their extinct relatives. The Old...
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Rodents are
animals that gnaw with two
continuously growing incisors.
Forty percent of
mammal species are rodents, and they
inhabit every continent except...
- cane rat (Thryonomys gregori****) is a
species of
rodent in the
family Thryonomyidae. It is
found in Cameroon, Chad,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia...
