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aplodontiidae

MEANING: mountain beavers

Hypernym Tree (aplodontiidae is a type of)

mammal_family -- (a family of mammals
family -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
taxonomic_group, taxonomic_category, taxon -- (animal or plant group having natural relations
biological_group -- (a group of plants or animals
group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Holonyms (aplodontiidae is a part of)

Sciuromorpha, suborder_Sciuromorpha -- (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.

Meronyms (parts of aplodontiidae)

Aplodontia, genus_Aplodontia -- (type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers

Also See

Tachyglossidae, family_Tachyglossidae -- (echidnas
Ornithorhynchidae, family_Ornithorhynchidae -- (platypus
Didelphidae, family_Didelphidae -- (opossums
Caenolestidae, family_Caenolestidae -- (small marsupials of southern South America
Peramelidae, family_Peramelidae -- (bandicoots
Macropodidae, family_Macropodidae -- (kangaroos; wallabies
Potoroinae, subfamily_Potoroinae -- (rat kangaroos
Phalangeridae, family_Phalangeridae -- (phalangers; koalas
Vombatidae, family_Vombatidae -- (wombats
Dasyuridae, family_Dasyuridae, family_Dasyurinae -- (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
Notoryctidae, family_Notoryctidae -- (pouched moles
Talpidae, family_Talpidae -- (moles
Chrysochloridae, family_Chrysochloridae -- (golden moles
Soricidae, family_Soricidae -- (shrews
Erinaceidae, family_Erinaceidae -- (true hedgehogs
Tenrecidae, family_Tenrecidae -- (tenrecs and extinct related forms
Potamogalidae, family_Potamogalidae -- (otter shrews
Balaenidae, family_Balaenidae -- (right whales
Balaenopteridae, family_Balaenopteridae -- (rorquals; blue whales
Eschrichtiidae, family_Eschrichtiidae -- (comprising only the gray whales
Physeteridae, family_Physeteridae -- (sperm whales
Ziphiidae, family_Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family_Hyperodontidae -- (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Delphinidae, family_Delphinidae -- (dolphins
Platanistidae, family_Platanistidae -- (river dolphins
Monodontidae, family_Monodontidae -- (narwhals
Trichechidae, family_Trichechidae -- (comprising only the manatees
Dugongidae, family_Dugongidae -- (a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow
Otariidae, family_Otariidae -- (eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
Phocidae, family_Phocidae -- (earless seals
Odobenidae, family_Odobenidae -- (walruses and extinct forms
Orycteropodidae, family_Orycteropodidae -- (aardvarks
Canidae, family_Canidae -- (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
Hyaenidae, family_Hyaenidae -- (hyenas
Felidae, family_Felidae -- (cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
Ursidae, family_Ursidae -- (bears and extinct related forms
Viverridae, family_Viverridae, Viverrinae, family_Viverrinae -- (genets; civets; mongooses
Phyllostomidae, family_Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, family_Phyllostomatidae -- (New World leaf-nosed bats
Rhinolophidae, family_Rhinolophidae -- (Old World leaf-nosed bats
Hipposideridae, family_Hipposideridae -- (Old World leafnose bats
Megadermatidae, family_Megadermatidae -- (Old World false vampire bats
Vespertilionidae, family_Vespertilionidae -- (the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
Molossidae, family_Molossidae -- (mastiff bats; freetail bats
Desmodontidae, family_Desmodontidae -- (true vampire bats
Leporidae, family_Leporidae -- (hares and rabbits
Ochotonidae, family_Ochotonidae -- (pikas and extinct forms
Muroidea, superfamily_Muroidea -- (essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded
Muridae, family_Muridae -- (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
Hydromyinae, subfamily_Hydromyinae -- (water rats of Australia and New Guinea
Cricetidae, family_Cricetidae -- (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
Gerbillinae, subfamily_Gerbillinae -- (gerbils
Hystricidae, family_Hystricidae -- (Old World porcupines
Erethizontidae, family_Erethizontidae -- (New World arboreal porcupines
Heteromyidae, family_Heteromyidae -- (small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
Zapodidae, family_Zapodidae -- (jumping mice
Dipodidae, family_Dipodidae -- (Old World jerboas
Gliridae, family_Gliridae -- (dormice and other Old World forms
Geomyidae, family_Geomyidae -- (North American pocket gophers
Sciuridae, family_Sciuridae -- (true squirrels; ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
Petauristidae, subfamily_Petauristidae -- (Old World flying squirrels
Castoridae, family_Castoridae -- (beavers
Aplodontiidae, family_Aplodontiidae -- (mountain beavers
Caviidae, family_Caviidae -- (a family of Hystricomorpha
Hydrochoeridae, family_Hydrochoeridae -- (capybara
Dasyproctidae, family_Dasyproctidae -- (agoutis and pacas
Capromyidae, family_Capromyidae -- (coypus
Chinchillidae, family_Chinchillidae -- (small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents
Spalacidae, family_Spalacidae -- (mole rats
Bathyergidae, family_Bathyergidae -- (mole rats; sand rats
Uintatheriidae, family_Uintatheriidae -- (an extinct family of Dinocerata
Procaviidae, family_Procaviidae -- (includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
Equidae, family_Equidae -- (horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
Rhinocerotidae, family_Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros_family -- (rhinoceroses
Tapiridae, family_Tapiridae -- (tapirs and extinct related forms
Suidae, family_Suidae -- (pigs; hogs; boars
Tayassuidae, family_Tayassuidae -- (peccaries
Hippopotamidae, family_Hippopotamidae -- (hippopotami
Bovidae, family_Bovidae -- (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
Bovinae, subfamily_Bovinae -- (term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu
Antilocapridae, family_Antilocapridae -- (comprising only the pronghorns
Cervidae, family_Cervidae -- (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
Tragulidae, family_Tragulidae -- (chevrotains
Camelidae, family_Camelidae -- (camels and llamas and vicunas
Giraffidae, family_Giraffidae -- (giraffes
Mustelidae, family_Mustelidae -- (weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
Lutrinae, subfamily_Lutrinae -- (subdivision not used in some classifications: otters
Mephitinae, subfamily_Mephitinae -- (subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks
Melinae, subfamily_Melinae -- (subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
Dasypodidae, family_Dasypodidae -- (armadillos
Bradypodidae, family_Bradypodidae -- (true sloths; in some
Megalonychidae, family_Megalonychidae -- (two-toed sloths
Megatheriidae, family_Megatheriidae -- (extinct ground sloths
Mylodontidae, family_Mylodontidae -- (extinct South American edentates
Myrmecophagidae, family_Myrmecophagidae -- (New World anteaters
Manidae, family_Manidae -- (coextensive with the order Pholidota
Hominidae, family_Hominidae -- (modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
Pongidae, family_Pongidae -- (usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
Hylobatidae, family_Hylobatidae -- (used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae
Cercopithecidae, family_Cercopithecidae -- (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
Platyrrhini, superfamily_Platyrrhini -- (New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin
Callithricidae, family_Callithricidae -- (marmosets
Cebidae, family_Cebidae -- (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
Tupaiidae, family_Tupaiidae -- (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
Lemuridae, family_Lemuridae -- (typical lemurs; of Madagascar
Daubentoniidae, family_Daubentoniidae -- (comprising solely the aye-aye
Lorisidae, family_Lorisidae -- (slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
Indriidae, family_Indriidae -- (a family of Lemuroidea
Tarsiidae, family_Tarsiidae -- (coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
Cynocephalidae, family_Cynocephalidae -- (a family of Dermoptera
Elephantidae, family_Elephantidae -- (elephants
Mammutidae, family_Mammutidae, family_Mastodontidae -- (extinct family: mastodons
Gomphotheriidae, family_Gomphotheriidae -- (elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
Procyonidae, family_Procyonidae -- (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
Bassariscidae, subfamily_Bassariscidae -- (in some classifications considered a separate family
Ailuropodidae, family_Ailuropodidae -- (in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas