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    Hystricomorpha (from Greek ὕστριξ, hystrix 'porcupine' and Greek μορφή, morphē 'form') is a term referring to families and orders of rodents which has...
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    relaxation of the muscle causes the eyeballs to move up and down. The Hystricomorpha, such as the guinea pig, have larger superficial masseter muscles and...
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  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 203 species   Endangered (EN): 505 species   Vulnerable (VU): 536 species   Near threatened...
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  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 203 species   Endangered (EN): 505 species   Vulnerable (VU): 536 species   Near threatened...
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    (Cavies) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Caviinae Dolichotinae (Maras) Hydrochoerinae Category...
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    distributed into two evolutionarily independent groups within the suborder Hystricomorpha of the Rodentia. Infraorder Hystricognathi Family Hystricidae: Old World...
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    (Octodon degus; /ˈdeɪɡuː/), or, historically, the degu, is a small hystricomorpha rodent endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile. The...
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  • There are currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and around 5,937 recognized living species of mammal. Mammalian taxonomy is in constant flux...
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    (Cavies) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Caviinae Dolichotinae (Maras) Hydrochoerinae Category...
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    (coypu) Octodontidae (13 species including the degus) Sciurognathi Hystricomorpha Fagen, Robert. Animal Play Behavior. Oxford University Press, 1981....
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