ctenodactylid
ctenodactylid noun: any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.
Noun
ctenodactylid (plural ctenodactylids)
- Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.
- Miocene and Pliocene ctenodactylids are known from Asia and Africa. In the Oligocene forms cheek-teeth were brachydont, and all known fossil ctenodactylids retained P 4 and p 4, with these teeth showing various stages of reduction.1967, Sydney Anderson, Recent Mammals of the World: A Synopsis of Families, page 30
- According to Luckett (1985), Bugge (1985), and George (1985), ctenodactylids are an early offshoot of the hystricognathous rodents. Beintema et al. (1991), stating that no molecular data were available, investigated tissues, blood, and proteins and concluded that it was not yet possible to...2005, Fritz Dieterlen, “Family Ctenodactylidae”, in Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, editors, Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, volume 12, page 1536
- Synonyms:
- comb rat, gundi
Synonyms of ctenodactylid
- comb rat
- gundi
Forms of ctenodactylid
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Questions about ctenodactylid
- What does ctenodactylid mean?
- Ctenodactylid means any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.
- What part of speech is ctenodactylid?
- Ctenodactylid is a noun.
- What is the plural of ctenodactylid?
- The plural of ctenodactylid is ctenodactylids.
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