Phiomorpha

Translingual

Hystrix brachyura (Malayan porcupine)

Etymology

From †Phiomys [Term?] (“an extinct genus”) +‎ -morpha.

Proper noun

Phiomorpha

1. A taxonomic infraorder within the order Rodentia – many African rodents.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): 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; Hystricognathi - suborder

Hyponyms

• (infraorder): Bathyergidae, Hystricidae, Petromuridae, Thryonomyidae (families)
  • Bathyergoididae, Diamantomyidae, Kenyamyidae, Myophiomyidae, Phiomyidae (extinct families)
  • Kahawamys (extinct genus, incertae sedis)

References

• Phiomorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phiomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rodentia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons