Abrocomid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Abrocomid is a noun meaning Any of the caviomorph rodents of the family Abrocomidae of chinchilla rats.
Meaning
Any of the caviomorph rodents of the family Abrocomidae of chinchilla rats.
Example Sentences
Caviids are grassland-scrubland species, while abrocomids are small herbivores of xeric Andean habitats.
This is likely to be the plesiomorphic state, as it is thus in capromyids, octodontids, abrocomids, and cuniculids.
The Andean families (chinchillids, octodontids, abrocomids, and many ctenomyids) are not subject to the same climatological forces affecting species in the lowland tropics.
Word Forms
- abrocomids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abrocome, chinchilloid, chinchillid, caviomorph, cavy, cavimorph.
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