Echimyidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Echimyidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – Neotropical spiny rats.
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; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Octodontoidea – superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Capromyinae, Carterodontinae, Echimyinae, Euryzygomatomyinae – extant subfamilies
- Echimys – type genus; Callistomys, Capromys, Carterodon, Clyomys, Dactylomys, Diplomys, Euryzygomatomys, Geocapromys, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Kannabateomys, Lonchothrix, Makalata, Mesocapromys, Mesomys, Myocastor, Mysateles, Olallamys, Pattonomys, Plagiodontia, Proechimys, Santamartamys, Thrichomys, Toromys, Trinomys – other extant genera
References
- Echimyidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Echimyidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Echimyidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Echimyidae in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.