- the Rodentia, but is now
accepted as a
genuine part of the rodents.
Caviomorphs include the
extinct Heptaxodontidae (giant hutias), the
extinct Josep****tigasia...
- In the 1990s, a
minority scientific opinion emerged proposing that
caviomorphs such as
guinea pigs, chinchillas, and
degus are not
actually rodents...
-
years ago. From Africa,
fossil evidence shows that some
hystricognaths (
caviomorphs)
colonized South America,
which was an
isolated continent at the time...
-
supported by
similarities in the ch****
teeth structure. Like all
living caviomorphs except erethizontids,
Chaetomys seems to lack
posterior carotid foramina...
- Caviomorpha; the paca that it
resembles in
appearance is in a
different Caviomorph family, the Cuniculidae. Initially, the
pacarana was
regarded as a member...
- Ortega-Ariza, D. (January 2014). "The
earliest Caribbean rodents:
Oligocene caviomorphs from
Puerto Rico".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (1): 157–163...
-
Unknown at that time, this
species did not make its own
vitamin C (being a
caviomorph),
whereas mice and rats do. In 1912, the
Polish biochemist Casimir Funk...
-
after the
North American beaver (Castor canadensis). The
porcupine is a
caviomorph rodent whose ancestors were
believed to have
crossed the
Atlantic from...
- Play
behavior has been
observed in
seven hystricognath families. The
caviomorphs chase each other, play-wrestle, and gallop. The longer-legged species...
- of
Caviomorph rodents: a
complete phylogeny and
timetree for
living genera". In V****allo, Aldo Ivan; Antenucci,
Daniel (eds.).
Biology of
caviomorph rodents:...
