Echimys
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Echimys Temporal range: to Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Genus: |
Echimys G. Cuvier, 1809 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echinomys Wagner, 1840 |
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Echimys chrysurus
Echimys saturnus
Echimys vierai
Echinomys Wagner, 1840
Loncheres Illiger, 1811
Nelomys Jourdan, 1837
Echimys is a genus of spiny rat. Members of the genus are collectively called spiny tree-rats as they are arboreal and have pronounced spines.
The genus contains three extant species
Members of the genera Callistomys, Makalata, Pattonomys, and Phyllomys were all formerly considered part of the genus Echimys.
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