The Zoochat Photographic Index of Mammalian Families

HETEROMYIDAE



This family can fairly be split into two morphological groups, the kangaroo rats and the pocket mice, and as such it seems reasonable to select two species to represent the group as a whole for the purposes of this thread.

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Photograph of Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami) taken at Zoo Plzen by @HOMIN96



Photograph of Desert Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus penicillatus) taken at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium by @Giant Eland

 

DIATOMYIDAE



This family, comprising as it does a single recently-described species (the Laotian Rock Rat or Kha-nyou) which is still very little-known, is perhaps unsurprisingly entirely unrepresented within the Zoochat gallery and as such will remain unillustrated for the purposes of this thread.
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CTENODACTYLIDAE



Photograph of Common Gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi) taken at Cotswold Wildlife Park by @gentle lemur

 

BATHYERGIDAE



Photograph of Mechow's Mole Rat (Fukomys mechowii) taken at Peoria Zoo by @Giant Eland

 

HETEROCEPHALIDAE



Photograph of Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) taken at Zoo Plzen by @HOMIN96

 

HYSTRICIDAE



Photograph of Indian Crested Porcupine (Hystrix indica) taken at Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg by myself:



Photograph of Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus macroura) taken at Saigon Zoo by @Maguari :

 

PETROMURIDAE



Photograph of Dassie Rat (Petromus typicus) taken by @Maguari at Tierpark Berlin:

 

THRYONOMYIDAE



Unfortunately, this is another family which is entirely unrepresented within the Zoochat gallery and as such cannot be illustrated for the purposes of this thread.
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ERETHIZONTIDAE



Photograph of North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) taken at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo by @ThylacineAlive :



Photograph of Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou spinosus) taken at Belo Horizonte Zoo by @Therabu

 

CHINCHILLIDAE



Photograph of Northern Mountain Viscacha (Lagidium peruanum) taken at Tierpark Schönebeck by myself:



Photograph of Plains Viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) taken at Amazon World Zoo by @Tomek

 

DINOMYIDAE



Photograph of Pacarana (Dinomys branickii) taken at Bioparque Ukumari by @alexkant

 

CAVIIDAE



Photograph of Highland Yellow-toothed Cavy (Galea musteloides) taken at Tierpark Berlin by @MagpieGoose



Photograph of Patagonian Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) taken at Dudley Zoo by @Benosaurus :



Photograph of Greater Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) taken at Planckendael by @KevinB

 

DASYPROCTIDAE



Photograph of Orange-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) taken at Wilhelma by @Javan Rhino

 

CUNICULIDAE



Photograph of Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca) taken at Zoo Duisburg by @ThylacineAlive

 

CTENOMYIDAE



Unfortunately, despite how speciose the Tuco-tucos are, this comprises yet another family which cannot be illustrated for the purposes of this thread due to the complete lack of any photographs representing members of the family within the Zoochat gallery.
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OCTODONTIDAE



Photograph of Degu (Octodon degus) taken at Axe Valley Wildlife Park by @ro6ca66

 

ABROCOMIDAE



Unfortunately, this is another family which is entirely unrepresented within the Zoochat gallery and as such cannot be illustrated for the purposes of this thread.
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ECHIMYIDAE



Photograph of a taxidermy specimen of Armored Rat (Hoplomys gymnurus) taken at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History by @Giant Eland :

 

MYOCASTORIDAE



Photograph of Coypu (Myocastor coypus) taken at GaiaZOO by @vogelcommando

 

CAPROMYIDAE



Photograph of Desmarest's Hutia (Capromys pilorides) taken at Prague Zoo by @vogelcommando