Echimyidae

Translingual

Mesomys hispidus (subfamily Eumysopinae)

Etymology

From Echimys +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Echimyidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the spiny rats.

Usage notes

• Sometimes incorporating the nutria (Myocastor coypus, sole species of family Myocastoridae)

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Dactylomyinae, Echimyinae, Eumysopinae (subfamilies)
  • Adelphomyinae, Heteropsomyinae (extinct subfamilies)

References

• Echimyidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echimyidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Echimyidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Echimyidae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.