Definition of Dasyproctidae

1. Noun. Agoutis and pacas.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dasyproctidae

Darwinizes
Darwinizing
Daryl
Daryush
Das Kapital
Das Reich
Dasein
Dashiell Hammett
Dashwood
Dasyatidae
Dasyatis
Dasyatis centroura
Dasypodidae
Dasyprocta
Dasyprocta aguti
Dasyproctidae
Dasypus
Dasypus novemcinctus
Dasyuridae
Dasyurus
Dasyurus quoll
Dasyurus viverrinus
Dat.
Data Carrier Equipment
Data Carrier Equipments
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipments
Data Communications Equipment
Data Communications Equipments
Datiwuy

Literary usage of Dasyproctidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of zoology by John Arthur Thomson (1895)
"... the porcupine (Hystrix, er=<-. ) Chinchillidae— eg, the squirrel-like Chinchilla. dasyproctidae—eg, the Agoutis (Dasyprocta), ..."

2. Contributions to the Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Eye by George Lindsay Johnson (1901)
"... of a type intermediate between that of the Hystricidae and the dasyproctidae. In the centre of the disc is a basket-like vascular protuberance similar ..."

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