Myocastoridae

Translingual

Etymology

Myocastor +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Myocastoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the coypu, river rat or nutria.

Usage notes

Sometimes placed in Echimyidae with spiny rats.

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Myocastor - sole genus, Myocastor coypus - sole species

References

Myocastoridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Myocastoridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Myocastoridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Myocastoridae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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