Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys

Subtaxa: Dinomys branickii

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Type: Dinomys branickii

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Quaternary of Peru)

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