Eumysops Ameghino (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Synonym: Proaguti Ameghino 1908

Parent taxon: Echimyidae according to A. I. Olivares and D. H. Verzi 2015

See also Arnal and Vucetich 2015, Candela et al. 2007, Kraglievich 1957, Nasif 1998, Patterson and Pascual 1968, Rovereto 1914 and Verzi et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Adelphomyinae, Carterodon, Chaetomyinae, Clyomys, Dactylomyinae, Dactylomys, Dicolpomys, Diplomys, Echimyinae, Eumysopinae, Euryzygomatomys, Gaimanomys, Haplostropha, Heteropsomyinae, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Lonchothrix, Maruchito, Mesomys, Myocastor, Pampamys, Paradelphomys, Proatherura, Quebradahondomys, Reigechimys, Theridomysops, Thrichomys, Trinomys

Subtaxa: Eumysops cavioides Eumysops chapalmalensis Eumysops formosus Eumysops gracilis Eumysops laeviplicatus Eumysops marplatensis Eumysops parodii Eumysops robustus

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections)

• Uquian of Argentina (6)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (2)

• Pliocene of Argentina (36)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (11)

• Miocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 62 collections including 82 occurrences

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