- the Rodentia, but is now
accepted as a
genuine part of the rodents.
Caviomorphs include the
extinct Heptaxodontidae (giant hutias), the
extinct Josep****tigasia...
-
years ago. From Africa,
fossil evidence shows that some
hystricognaths (
caviomorphs)
colonized South America,
which was an
isolated continent at the time...
- Ortega-Ariza, D. (January 2014). "The
earliest Caribbean rodents:
Oligocene caviomorphs from
Puerto Rico".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 157–163...
-
supported by
similarities in the ch****
teeth structure. Like all
living caviomorphs except erethizontids,
Chaetomys seems to lack
posterior carotid foramina...
-
Patterson B. D. (2012). "Diversification and
biogeography of the
Neotropical caviomorph lineage Octodontoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi)". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol...
-
after the
North American beaver (Castor canadensis). The
porcupine is a
caviomorph rodent whose ancestors crossed the
Atlantic from
Africa to
Brazil 30 million...
- Caviomorpha; the paca that it
resembles in
appearance is in a
different Caviomorph family, the Cuniculidae. Initially, the
pacarana was
regarded as a member...
-
hindgut fermenters of the
order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, and pikas), and
Caviomorph rodents (Guinea pigs, capybaras, etc),
material from the ce**** is formed...
- In the 1990s, a
minority scientific opinion emerged proposing that
caviomorphs such as
guinea pigs, chinchillas, and
degus are not
actually rodents...
- 200 kg in m****.
These calculations were
based on
comparisons with
extant caviomorphs of 16
different species. The
blunt teeth of
Amblyrhiza inundata suggest...
