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Plagiodontia
Sign in to savePlagiodontia is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae (hutias). All known species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyCapromyidae
斜齿鼠属（学名：Plagiodontia）是啮齿目硬毛鼠科的一属，属名源自希腊语，意为“斜齿”。本属包含4种，其中3种已灭绝： 斜齿鼠（Plagiodontia aedium） †多米尼加斜齿鼠（Plagiodontia araeum） †伊岛斜齿鼠（Plagiodontia ipnaeum） †Plagiodontia spelaeum 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=斜齿鼠属&oldid=35037099” 分类：硬毛鼠科隐藏分类：本地和维基数据均无相关图片
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 679
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Capromyidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Haiti, Dominican Republic
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Systematics
- Phylogeny
- References
Plagiodontia is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae (hutias). All known species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti).
The genus name Plagiodontia means "oblique tooth", and derives from the two ancient greek words (), meaning "placed sideways", and , (), meaning "tooth".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plagiodontia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.