Meaning of abrocomid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the caviomorph rodents of the family Abrocomidae of chinchilla rats.

Examples

“The Andean families (chinchillids, octodontids, abrocomids, and many ctenomyids) are not subject to the same climatological forces affecting species in the lowland tropics.”

“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.”

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