Ctenodactylomorphi
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Ctenodactylomorphi is an infraorder of rodent
's suborder Hystricomorpha
. To that infraorder belongs only one family
Ctenodactylidae Gervais, 1853.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
's suborder Hystricomorpha
Hystricomorpha
The term Hystricomorpha has had many definitions throughout its history. In the broadest sense it refers to any rodent with a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric system. This includes the Hystricognathi, Ctenodactylidae, Anomaluridae, and Pedetidae...
. To that infraorder belongs only one family
Ctenodactylidae Gervais, 1853.