Chinchillidae

Translingual

Chinchilla lanigera

Etymology

Chinchilla +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Chinchillidae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the chinchillas and viscachas.

Hypernyms

(family): 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): Chinchilla (chinchillas), Lagidium (most viscachas), Lagostomus (plains viscacha) (genera)
- Eoviscaccia (extinct genus)

References

Chinchillidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chinchillidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chinchillidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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