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Echimys
Cuvier, 1809
- arboreal spiny rats
(mammal)
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Entity:
Echimyinae (Subfamily)
..Callistomys (Genus)
..Diplomys (Genus)
..Isothrix (Genus) - toros
..Makalata (Genus)
..Pattonomys (Genus)
..Phyllomys (Genus) - Atlantic tree rats
..Santamartamys (Genus)
..Toromys (Genus)
..Echimys (Genus) - arboreal spiny rats
....Echimys braziliensis (Species)
....Echimys chrysurus (Species) - arboreal white-faced spiny rat
....Echimys pictus (Species)
....Echimys saturnus (Species)
....Echimys vieirai (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
G. Cuvier, 1809
Original name
:
Cuvier, G. 1809:394.
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:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Echimyinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1825
Type
:
Echimys chrysurus
(Zimmermann, 1780)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Loncheres
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Makalata
(Genus)
Husson, 1978
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Nelomys
(Genus)
Jourdan, 1837
Ref:
Y.L.R. Leite, 2003
: 2.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
stekelratten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
arboreal spiny rats
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