Phiomorpha
Translingual
Hystrix brachyura (Malayan porcupine)
Etymology
From †Phiomys + -morpha.
Proper noun
Phiomorpha
- A taxonomic infraorder within the order Rodentia – many African rodents.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order
Hyponyms
- (infraorder): Bathyergidae, Hystricidae, Petromuridae, Thryonomyidae (families)
- Bathyergoididae, Diamantomyidae, Kenyamyidae, Myophiomyidae, Phiomyidae (extinct families)
- Kahawamys (extinct genus, incertae sedis)
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