Platacanthomyidae
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platacanthomyidae-202-4080750
title:
Platacanthomyidae
text:
The rodent family Platacanthomyidae, or Oriental dormice, includes the spiny dormice and the Chinese pygmy dormice. In spite of their appearance, these animals are not true dormice, but are part of the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. The platacanthomyids can be distinguished from the true dormice, because they have no premolars, giving them three cheek teeth, like their relatives, the Muroidea. The evolutionary relationship of the Platacanthomyidae was uncertain until a molecular phyloge
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description:
Family of rodents
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platacanthomyidae
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2021-07-10T16:38:08Z
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