Echimys Cuvier 1809 (spiny tree-rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Synonym: Loncheres Illiger 1811
Parent taxon: Echimyinae according to G. E. Iack-Ximenes et al. 2005
See also Carvalho and Salles 2004 and Patterson and Pascual 1968
Sister taxa: Callistomys, Makalata, Phyllomys
Subtaxa: Echimys chrysurus Echimys grandis Echimys paleaceus Echimys saturnus Echimys vieirai
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Venezuela (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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