- four main
types are
described as protrogomorphous, sciuromorphous,
hystricomorphous, and myomorphous. The
members of this
grade include nearly all of the...
- the
lateral m****eter
muscle along the side of the rostrum.
Unlike hystricomorphous and
myomorphous rodents, the
medial m****eter
muscle does not p**** through...
-
Anomaluromorpha was
erected to
unite sciurognathous rodents with a
hystricomorphous zygom****eteric
system restricted to sub-Saharan Africa. Many authors...
-
Skull of a
nutria demonstrating the
hystricognathous lower jaw and
hystricomorphous zygom****eteric system...
-
broadest sense, it
refers to any
rodent (except dipodoids) with a
hystricomorphous zygom****eteric system. This
includes the Hystricognathi, Ctenodactylidae...
- sciurognathous. The
infraorbital foramen is enlarged,
consistent with a
hystricomorphous zygom****eteric system. The
pterygoid fossae do not
connect to the orbit...
-
perhaps the blesmols,
which clearly evolved protrogomorphy from a
hystricomorphous ancestor). The
mountain beaver was once
thought to be
related to the...
-
lived during the
early Eocene, and is the
oldest known example of a
hystricomorphous zygom****eteric dentition. In addition,
Armintomys is also the oldest...
- the
Ctenodactylidae and the
Anomaluromorpha in
being simultaneously hystricomorphous and sciurognathous. The m****eteric
fossa in
diatomyids is enlarged...
- the
zygomatic spine.
Members of the
family Dipodidae,
which have
hystricomorphous zygom****eteric morphology, have
nearly horizontal,
narrow zygomatic...
