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Cuniculidae
Cuniculidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Cuniculidae
Usage notes
The pacas were formerly grouped with the agoutis in subfamily Agoutinae within family Dasyproctidae.
Synonyms
- (family): Agoutidae, Coelogenyidae
Hypernyms
- (family): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Chinchilloidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Cuniculus (genus)