Caviomorpha

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Caviomorpha is a diverse infraorder of South American rodents that includes guinea pigs, capybaras, chinchillas, and related species.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Caviomorpha canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infraorder ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
containsLargestRodent Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ⓘ
divergedFrom African hystricognath rodents ⓘ
ecologicalRole important herbivores in Neotropical ecosystems ⓘ
evolutionaryOrigin African rodents dispersed to South America ⓘ
geologicalTimeOfOrigin Eocene ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ever-growing incisors ⓘ
herbivorous or omnivorous diet ⓘ
hystricognathous jaw morphology ⓘ
postpartum estrus common in many species ⓘ
precocial young in many species ⓘ
hasCommonName caviomorph rodents ⓘ
hasLifespanRange from a few years to over a decade depending on species ⓘ
includesFamily Abrocomidae ⓘ
Capromyidae ⓘ
Caviidae ⓘ
Chinchillidae ⓘ
Ctenomyidae ⓘ
Cuniculidae ⓘ
Dasyproctidae ⓘ
linked to: Echimyidae

Echimyidae ⓘ
Erethizontidae ⓘ
Hydrochoeridae ⓘ
Myocastoridae ⓘ
Octodontidae ⓘ
includesTaxon Cavia porcellus ⓘ
Chinchilla chinchilla ⓘ
linked to: Chinchilla

Chinchilla lanigera ⓘ
linked to: Chinchilla

Cuniculus paca ⓘ
Dasyprocta punctata ⓘ
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ⓘ
Hydrochoerus isthmius ⓘ
Myocastor coypus ⓘ
linked to: Myocastor
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
order Rodentia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction internal fertilization ⓘ
viviparous ⓘ
suborder Hystricomorpha ⓘ
superfamily Cavioidea ⓘ
Chinchilloidea ⓘ
linked to: Chinchillidae

Erethizontoidea ⓘ
linked to: Erethizontidae

Octodontoidea ⓘ
taxonRank infraorder ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hystricognathi → containsClade → Caviomorpha ⓘ
Caviidae → infraorder → Caviomorpha ⓘ
Chinchillidae → belongsToClade → Caviomorpha ⓘ
Octodontidae → parvorder → Caviomorpha ⓘ
Echimyidae → relatedTo → Caviomorpha ⓘ