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Definition of Hystricomorpha
1. Noun. An order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc..
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Rodentia, Rodentia
Member holonyms: Family Hystricidae, Hystricidae, Erethizontidae, Family Erethizontidae, Caviidae, Family Caviidae, Dasyproctidae, Family Dasyproctidae, Capromyidae, Family Capromyidae, Chinchillidae, Family Chinchillidae, Bathyergidae, Family Bathyergidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hystricomorpha
Literary usage of Hystricomorpha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1894)
"The trapezius is often divided into an anterior and posterior part in the
Hystricomorpha. Never in the Sciuromorpha. 9. The sterno-scapular muscle is ..."
2. Contributions to the Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Eye by George Lindsay Johnson (1901)
"The fundus of the Hystricomorpha shows no retinal vessels, but in most cases a
number of fine capillaries emanating from the arteria centralis retinae can ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"Surv. Terrs., IV, MS. Truckee. SUMMARY. Sciuromorpha 8 17 Genera. Species.
Myomorpha 5 13 Hystricomorpha II Lagomorpha 3 6 «7 37 —ED Cope. ..."
4. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"If, as Dr. Schlosser and other European palaeontologists maintain, the Hystricomorpha
were all derived from a family of the European Eocene, ..."
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