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Compound phylogeny featuring species investigated: 26 Hystricognath taxa and five outgroup species selected from Myodonta, Sciurida and Castorimorpha. Number of recorded heterochronic shifts, or changes in timing of suture closure events following the consensus approach of parsimov, denoted under each branch.
