Octodontoidea

Translingual

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Etymology

Octodon +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Octodontoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rodentia.

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; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (family): Abrocomidae, Capromyidae, Ctenomyidae, Echimyidae, Myocastoridae, Octodontidae, †Acaremyidae - families

References

• Caviomorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Octodontoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Octodontidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hystricognathi in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Hystricognathi at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Hystricognathi at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Octodontoidea”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025