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Hystricidae - Old World porcupines

mammal family - a family of mammals

Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.

Old World porcupine - terrestrial porcupine

Atherurus, genus Atherurus - a genus of Hystricidae

genus Trichys, Trichys - a genus of Hystricidae

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Cricetinae, Muridae, Spalacidae, Calomyscidae, Capromyidae, Hystricidae, Castoridae.

Genetic Differentiation and Relationship between Two Karyotype Forms of Nannospalax ehrenbergi (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Egypt

Rodentia II: Cricetinae, Muridae, Spalacidae, Calomyscidae, Capromyidae, Hystricidae, Castoridae, Koper, 2009.

Comparison of the chromosome banding pattern in the 2n = 56 cytotypes of nannospalax leucodon and N. xanthodon from Turkey

Mountain lion predation may be higher in CSP compared to Yellowstone National Park (Barnowe-Meyer et al., 2009) because the mountain lion population in the Black Hills is restricted to a relatively small island of forested habitat, the, predators do not compete with other apex predators such as wolves or grizzly bear, and there is a diverse prey assemblage consisting of white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), and pronghorn as well as smaller prey including porcupine (Hystricomorph hystricidae) and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) available to predators.

Adult pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) survival and cause-specific mortality in Custer State Park, S.D

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