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Echimyidae
Gray, 1825
- spiny rats
(mammal)
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Entity:
Octodontoidea (Superfamily)
..Abrocomidae (Family) - chinchilla-rats
..Capromyidae (Family) - hutias and nutria
..†Caviocricetus (Genus)
..Ctenomyidae (Family) - tuco-tucos
..†Dicolpomys (Genus)
..‡Heptaxodontidae (Family)
..†Morenella (Genus)
..Myocastoridae (Family)
..Octodontidae (Family) - octodonts
..†Plataeomys (Genus)
..Echimyidae (Family) - spiny rats
....†Adelphomyinae (Subfamily)
....Dactylomyinae (Subfamily)
....Echimyinae (Subfamily)
....Heteropsomyinae (Subfamily)
....†Maruchito (Genus)
....†Paulacoutomys (Genus)
....†Willidewu (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Gray, 1825) Miller & Gidley, 1918
Original name
:
Gray, 1825:341.
Subsequent rank
:
1918. Miller & Gidley, 1918
: 445.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Echimyinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1825
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
stekelratten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
spiny rats
:
American spiny rats
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