Searching map area
Hystricognathi
Y 100%
49th percentile in Life
Infraorder of rodents
Join to rate
Ratings
0
Nobody has rated this yet. Be the first!
Child taxa
1
Influences rating
Echimyidae
Family of rodents
Subclasses
1
Influencing rating
Y 100%
Porcupine
Rodent with a coat of sharp spines
Lists
0
Join to rate

The Hystricognathi are an infraorder of rodents, distinguished from other rodents by the bone structure of their skulls. The masseter medialis (a jaw muscle) passes partially through a hole below each eye socket (called the infraorbital foramen) and connects to the bone on the opposite side. This, together with their lack of an infraorbital...

Instance of
Taxon
Wikidata