Heptaxodontidae, rarely called giant hutia, is an extinct family of large rodents known from fossil and subfossil material found in the West Indies. One...

†Cephalomyidae †Eocardiidae Caviidae Dasyproctidae Cuniculidae Ctenomyidae Octodontidae Abrocomidae Echimyidae Myocastoridae Capromyidae †Heptaxodontidae...

as a genuine part of the rodents. Caviomorphs include the extinct Heptaxodontidae (giant hutias), the extinct Josephoartigasia monesi (the largest rodent...

considered threatened by the IUCN. The extinct giant hutias of the family Heptaxodontidae also inhabited the Caribbean, but are not thought to be closely related...

twisted-toothed giant hutia is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It is monotypic within the genus Quemisia. It was endemic to Hispaniola...

America) Family Capromyidae: (10 species) hutias (South America) Family Heptaxodontidae: giant Hutias (recently extinct) Family Myocastoridae: (57 species)...

†Diamantomyidae Dinomyidae Echimyidae †Eocardiidae Erethizontidae †Heptaxodontidae Heterocephalidae Hystricidae †Kenyamyidae Myocastoridae †Myophiomyidae...

It is the sole species of the genus Amblyrhiza in the fossil family Heptaxodontidae. Some authors have suggested that its extinction may have resulted...

(Elasmodontomys obliquus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It is the only species within the genus Elasmodontomys. It was found...

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