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Octodontidae
Octodontidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Octodontidae
- A taxonomic family within the infraorder Caviomorpha – some South American caviomorphs, including the degus.
Hypernyms
- (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Aconaemys, Octodon, Octodontomys, Octomys, Pipanacoctomys, Salinoctomys, Spalacopus, Tympanoctomys (genera)