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FAMILY Dinomyidae

Author:Peters, 1873.
Citation:Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 552.
Comments:Includes a diversity of very large extinct species. Included in the superfamily Cavioidea by Woods (1982) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
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GENUS Dinomys

SPECIES branickii

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