Definition of Octodont. Meaning of Octodont. Synonyms of Octodont

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Definition of Octodont

Octodont
Octodont Oc"to*dont, a. [Octo- + Gr. ?, ?.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Octodontid[ae], a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.

Meaning of Octodont from wikipedia

- typically brownish in color, and often paler on the underside. The name 'octodont' derives from the wear pattern of their teeth, which resembles a figure...
- Family Echimyidae: spiny rats, hutias, and nutria Family Octodontidae: octodonts Suborder Myomorpha Superfamily Dipodoidea Family Dipodidae: jerboas Family...
- agoutis, pacas, pacaranas, spiny rats, New World porcupines, coypu and octodonts (V****allo and Antenucci, 2015). The first known rodent fossils in South...
- (echymyids) New World porcupines (erethizontids) Myocastorids: nutria and coypu Octodonts (octodontids): Andean rock-rats, degus and viscacha-rats Mouse-like rodents...
- JSTOR 3504535. Reig, Osvaldo A. (1970). "Ecological notes on the fossorial octodont rodent Spalacopus Cy**** (Molina)". Journal of Mammalogy. 51 (3): 592–601...
- November 2021. Allen, J.A. (1914). "New South American bats and a new octodont". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 33: 381–389. hdl:2246/1820...