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Definition of Family Chinchillidae
1. Noun. Small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Hystricomorpha, Suborder Hystricomorpha
Member holonyms: Genus Chinchilla, Genus Lagidium, Lagidium, Genus Lagostomus, Lagostomus, Abrocoma, Genus Abrocoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Chinchillidae
Literary usage of Family Chinchillidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... a large South American burrowing rodent mammal belonging to the family
Chinchillidae and commonly known as ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1919)
"These are put into the family Chinchillidae, but their nearest affinities are
with the extinct Mega- mys and ..."
3. Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals by Frank Evers Beddard (1905)
"... rodent of the same family, Chinchillidae. The tail is long and the colour is
dark, agreeably diversified by white patches on the cheeks and below. ..."
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