hystricomorpha meaning

• Noun: Hystricomorpha
  1. An order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
     - suborder Hystricomorpha

  Type of: animal order

  Part of: order Rodentia, Rodentia

  Encyclopedia: Hystricomorpha

• suborder hystricomorpha:    Noun: suborder Hys ...

Examples

1. This condition is found throughout the suborders Hystricomorpha and Anomaluromorpha.
2. Porcupines are distributed into two evolutionary independent groups within the suborder Hystricomorpha of Rodentia.
3. Which one is preferred depends on whether the Hystricomorpha were Laurasian or Gondwanan in origin.
4. According to this taxonomy the rodents are divided into the suborders Sciuromorpha, Hystricomorpha, and Myomorpha.
5. Carleton and Musser ( 2005 ) in " Mammal Species of the World " have provisionally adopted a five suborder system : Sciuromorpha, Castorimorpha, Myomorpha, Anomaluromorpha, and Hystricomorpha.