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    Echimyidae is the family of neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich family of hystricognath rodents. It is probably...
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    phylogeny indicate that hutias nest within the Neotropical spiny rats (Echimyidae). Indeed, the hutia subfamily, Capromyinae, is the sister group to Owl's...
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    member of the family Myocastoridae, Myocastor is now included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats. The nutria lives in burrows alongside stretches...
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    hottest parts of Brazil. This animal is often considered a member of Echimyidae on the basis of its premolars. However, a molecular phylogeny based on...
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    chinchilla-rats Family Octodontidae: degus Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos Family Echimyidae: spiny rats Family Myocastoridae: nutrias Family Capromyidae: hutias Superfamily...
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    "Ecomorphological diversification among South American spiny rats (Rodentia; Echimyidae): a phylogenetic and chronological approach". Molecular Phylogenetics...
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    142:445-477. Emmons, L.H. 2005. A Revision of the Genera of Arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia: Echimyidae, Echimyinae), With Descriptions of Two New Genera. pp. 247–310...
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    (pacaranas and their fossil relatives, including some of megafaunal size) Echimyidae (spiny rats) Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Myocastoridae (coypu)...
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  • This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda...
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    Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except...
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    Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae. Based on Natureserve. The species of spiny rats in the genus Trinomys...
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  • heptaxodontids are not closely related to the extant hutias of the family Echimyidae. Heptaxodontids are thought to be more closely related to the chinchillas...
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    Family Abrocomidae: chinchilla rats Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos Family Echimyidae: spiny rats, hutias, and nutria Family Octodontidae: octodonts Suborder...
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  • barbarabrownae is a recently discovered species of rodents of the spiny rat family Echimyidae. It was discovered in Peru, and is about the same size as a large squirrel...
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    Liolaemus sp., Iguanidae indet. and the mammals Chukimys favaloroi and Echimyidae indet. by L. E. Cruz, J. C. Fernicola, and C. A. Carignano. 2018. New...
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    Torre's cave rat (Boromys torrei) was a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical...
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    Red-crested tree-rat (category Echimyidae)
    of tree-rat found in the monotypic genus Santamartamys in the family Echimyidae. It is nocturnal and is believed to feed on plant matter, and is mainly...
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    cave rat (Boromys offella) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical...
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    Armored rat (category Echimyidae)
    armored rat (Hoplomys gymnurus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hoplomys. It is found in Latin America...
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  • Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and more likely to be discovered. According to the International...
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  • spiny-rat (Proechimys canicollis) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Morphological characters and mitochondrial...
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    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Echimyidae Tribe: Capromyini Genus: Geocapromys Species: †G. thoracatus Binomial...
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    Family Abrocomidae: (9 species) chinchilla-rats (South America) Family Echimyidae: spiny rats (South America) Family Capromyidae: (10 species) hutias (South...
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    Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Echimyidae Tribe: Capromyini Genus: Geocapromys Species: G. brownii Binomial name...
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    Myocastor (category Echimyidae)
    the Myocastoridae. Recent molecular studies place them in the family Echimyidae, in the tribe Myocastorini. Kerber et al. (2013) recognize the following...
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  • spiny-rat (Proechimys oconnelli) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Morphological characters and mitochondrial...
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    Octodontoidea †Caviocricetus - incertae sedis †Dicolpomys - incertae sedis Echimyidae - spiny rats, coypus, and hutias †Morenella - incertae sedis Octodontidae...
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  • (Brotomys voratus) is a recently extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is the only species in the genus Brotomys. It was endemic to the island...
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  • Giant tree-rat (category Echimyidae)
    The giant tree-rat (Toromys grandis) is a species in the family Echimyidae, the spiny rats. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Toromys. It is...
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    Diplomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae. They are found in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama. The genus contains the following species:...
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