The Dinomyidae are a family of South American hystricognath rodents: the dinomyids were once a very speciose group, but now contains only a single living...

Bolivia. The pacarana is the sole extant member of the rodent family Dinomyidae in the infraorder Caviomorpha; the paca that it resembles in appearance...

Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Uruguay. The only living member of Dinomyidae is the pacarana. Josephoartigasia is named after Uruguayan national hero...

Superfamily Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas and allies Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas Pangolins, another mammal group with protective keratin body...

(tuco-tucos) Cuniculidae (pacas) Dasyproctidae (agoutis and acouchis) Dinomyidae (pacaranas and their fossil relatives, including some of megafaunal size)...

Superfamily Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas, viscachas Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas Superfamily Cavioidea Family Caviidae: cavies, including guinea...

- tuco-tucos Cuniculidae - pacas Dasyproctidae - agoutis and acouchis Dinomyidae - pacarana †Eocardiidae †Guiomys †Neoepiblemidae †Scotamys Superfamily...

now included in Phoberomys. The delineation between Neoepiblemidae and Dinomyidae has historically been unclear, with some genera (such as Phoberomys and...

Chinchillidae: (3 species) chinchillas and viscachas (South America) Family Dinomyidae: (1 species) pacarana (South America) Family Caviidae: (18 species) cavies...

Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...