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Hystricomorpha

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Noun1.Hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
suborder Hystricomorpha
animal order - the order of animals
order Rodentia, Rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
family Hystricidae, Hystricidae - Old World porcupines
Erethizontidae, family Erethizontidae - New World arboreal porcupines
Caviidae, family Caviidae - a family of Hystricomorpha
Dasyproctidae, family Dasyproctidae - agoutis and pacas
Capromyidae, family Capromyidae - coypus
Chinchillidae, family Chinchillidae - small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents
Bathyergidae, family Bathyergidae - mole rats; sand rats
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the level of CG versus AT richness) but variable to other regions (isochores), have been analyzed in various mammals, yielding a specific pattern in myomorphic rodents not found among the Infraorder Sciuromorpha (Suborder Sciurognathi) or the Infraorder Hystricomorpha (Suborder Hystricognathi, Sabeur et al.
Molecular phylogeny of the Louisiana nutria by Kass, David H.; Doucet, John P. / The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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