Eutypomyidae, the Glossary
Eutypomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia thought to be related to modern beavers.[1]
Table of Contents
6 relations: Beaver, Eurasia, Extinction, Family (biology), North America, Rodent.
- Prehistoric rodent families
Beaver
Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
See Eutypomyidae and Extinction
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Eutypomyidae and Family (biology)
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
See Eutypomyidae and North America
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
See also
Prehistoric rodent families
- Cephalomyidae
- Chapattimyidae
- Diamantomyidae
- Eocardiidae
- Eomyidae
- Eurymylidae
- Eutypomyidae
- Florentiamyidae
- Gobiomyidae
- Heliscomyidae
- Heptaxodontidae
- Kenyamyidae
- Mylagaulidae
- Myophiomyidae
- Neoepiblemidae
- Phiomyidae
- Simimyidae
- Tsaganomyidae