Caviomorpha
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Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was for a time considered to be a separate order ou
Capybara
Neoreomys
Hystricognathi
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The Hystricognathi are an infraorder of rodents, distinguished from other rodents by the bone structure of their skulls. The masseter medialis passes partially through a hole below each eye socket and
Caviomorpha
…Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was for a time considered to be a separate order outside the Rodentia, but is…
Capromys pilorides
Skull of a nutria demonstrating the hystricognathous lower jaw and hystricomorphous zygomasseteric system