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

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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References in periodicals archive

Pregnancy in hystricomorpha: gestational age and embryonic-fetal development of agouti (Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler 1831) estimated by ultrasonography.

Perfil de la progesterona plasmatica durante durante la prenez y celo posparto del Dasyprocta prymnolopha (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae)

On the other hand, the presence of a metacentric sexual X chromosome pair as the largest of the complement in Kerodon seems to be characteristic of the entire group hystricomorpha (Wurstler et al., 1971).

Description of Karyotype of Kerodon acrobata, an endemic rodent in Brazilian Cerrado/ Primeira descricao do cariotipo de Kerodon acrobata, um roedor endemico do semiarido brasileiro

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