Hystricidae

== Translingual == === Etymology === Hystrix +‎ -idae === Proper noun === Hystricidae A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the Old World porcupines. ==== 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; Hystricoidea – superfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (family): Atherurus, Hystrix, Trichys – genera === References === Old World porcupine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hystricidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hystricidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons