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Caviomorpha
Caviomorpha
Translingual
Proper noun
Caviomorpha
- A taxonomic infraorder within the suborder Hystricognathi – the South American hystricognaths.
Hypernyms
- (infraorder): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (infraorder): Abrocomidae, Agoutidae (= Cuniculidae), Capromyidae, Caviidae, Chinchillidae, Ctenomyidae, Cuniculidae, Dasyproctidae, Dinomyidae, Echimyidae, Erethizontidae, Hydrochaeridae (= Hydrochoerinae within Caviidae), Octodontidae - families