Echimyidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Echimyidae
- 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
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- 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.
