Dinomyidae - Wikipedia
The Dinomyidae are a family of South American hystricognath rodents: the dinomyids were once a very speciose group, but now contains only a single living species, the pacarana.
ADW: Dinomyidae: INFORMATION
Little is known about their natural history. They are vegetarian, consuming leaves as well as fruit and stems. They appear to move slowly, sit on their haunches when feeding, and apparently are capable of climbing trees.
Pacaranas (Dinomyidae) - Encyclopedia.com
At least eight species of Dinomyidae are known from fossils, and some were the largest rodents ever to exist. The unusually large size of pacaranas recalls but merely echoes creatures like its extinct relative, Telicomys gigantissimus, as big as a …
Pacaranas (Family Dinomyidae) - iNaturalist
The Dinomyidae are a family of South American hystricognath rodents: the dinomyids were once a very speciose group, but now contains only a single living species, the pacarana. Several of the extinct dinomyids were among the largest rodents known to date, the bison-sized Josephoartigasia monesi and the smaller Josephoartigasia magna.
Dinomyidae - mindat.org
The Dinomyidae are a family of South American hystricognath rodents: the dinomyids were once a very speciose group, but now contains only a single living species, the pacarana.
Taxonomic and ontogenetic diversity of Dinomyidae (Rodentia…
2022年3月1日 · Dinomyidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha, Chinchilloidea) is a clade of South American hystricognath rodents, including species of wide variation of body size and richly represented in the fossil record since the early and middle Miocene (Rinderknecht and …
Pacarana: Dinomyidae - Encyclopedia.com
Also known as Branick's giant rat after the Polish count who first described the species in 1873, the pacarana is the sole member of the Dinomyidae ("terrible mouse") family. The name pacarana comes from a Tupi Indian term meaning "false pig."
Pacarana (Dinomyidae) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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Resizing the largest known extinct rodents (Caviomorpha: Dinomyidae …
2022年6月15日 · Several extinct chinchilloid rodents in the clades Dinomyidae and Neoepiblemidae grew to sizes much larger than any living rodent species. However, the exact size of these rodents is a matter of controversy, with authors disagreeing due to issues over extrapolation and model selection.
History, taxonomy and palaeobiology of giant fossil rodents ...
2015年8月5日 · This is the only living member of the family Dinomyidae, which is notorious for its great past diversity (Frailey, 1986; Mones, 1986; Rinderknecht et al., 2011). With a body mass that varies from 10 kg to 15 kg (White and Alberico, 1992), the pacarana is …