Definition of Hystricognaths. Meaning of Hystricognaths. Synonyms of Hystricognaths

- Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was...
- plate and the relative size of the infraorbital foramen, distinguishes hystricognaths from other rodent groups. The 18 families within the Hystricognathi...
- many authorities consider them either basal to all hystricognaths or basal to all hystricognaths except the Laotian rock rat (family Diatomyidae); also...
- them protrogomorphous. They are therefore the only protrogomorphous hystricognaths. Blesmols live in elaborate burrow systems and different species exhibit...
- spreading to North America in the late Miocene. Late in the Eocene, hystricognaths invaded Africa, most probably having originated in Asia at least 39...
- †Yuomyidae Hystricognathiformes †Tsaganomyidae Hystricognathi – true hystricognaths †Baluchimyinae Phiomorpha Bathyergidae – blesmols †Bathyergoididae †Diamantomyidae...
- Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation. The term covers two families of animals: the Old...
- suggest that the springhares (but not anomalures) may be allied with hystricognaths. Montgelard et al. 2002 generated some support for Anomaluromorpha in...
- The pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a rare and slow-moving hystricognath rodent indigenous to South America. Native Tupi people call it the pacarana (false...
- Africa), is one of two species of cane rats, a small family of African hystricognath rodents. It lives by reed-beds and riverbanks in Sub-Saharan Africa...