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Hystricidae — noun Old World porcupines • Syn: ↑family Hystricidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Hystricomorpha, ↑suborder Hystricomorpha • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Porcupine — Taxobox name = Porcikupines| image caption = North American Porcupine regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia subordo = Hystricomorpha subdivision ranks = General subdivision = Family Erethizontidae : Coendou :… … Wikipedia
porcupine — /pawr kyeuh puyn /, n. any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America. [1375 1425; late ME porcupyne, var. of porcapyne; r. porke despyne < MF porc d espine thorny pig. See PORK … Universalium
Mammal classification — Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia (blue), Chiroptera (red), and Soricomorpha (yellow) Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus… … Wikipedia
Rodent — Rodents Temporal range: Early Paleocene–Recent … Wikipedia
Crested Porcupine — in captivity Conservation status … Wikipedia
Malayan Porcupine — Himalayan Crestless Porcupine H. b. hodgsoni from India Conservation status … Wikipedia
Old World porcupine — Old World porcupines Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent … Wikipedia
List of mammals of India — Part of a series on Wildlife of India … Wikipedia
