Ctenodactylid

Quick meaning: Ctenodactylid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.

Meaning

(zoology) Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.

Example Sentences

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.

Ctenodactylids share many derived characters with the Hystricognathi, but ctenodactylids retain many primitive features and are considered (along with the Diatomyidae) a possible sister group to hystriognath rodents (Dietrlen 2005; Huchon et al. 2007).

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 determine whether ctrnodactylids and hystricognathous rodents "share a common ancestor or are located on separate branches."

Word Forms

• ctenodactylids

Synonyms for ctenodactylid

Depending on context, synonyms include gundi.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ctenodactyloid, ctenomyid, ctenid, ctenosauriscid, ctenostylid, ctenizid.

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