Echimys
Echimys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Genus: | Echimys G. Cuvier, 1809
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Echinomys Wagner, 1840 |
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.
Classification
The genus contains three extant species
- White-faced Spiny Tree-rat - Echimys chrysurus
- Dark Spiny Tree-rat - Echimys saturnus
- Echimys vierai
Members of the genera Callistomys, Makalata, Pattonomys, and Phyllomys were all formerly considered part of the genus Echimys.
References
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.