Hyposteiromys Patterson 1958 (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to Patterson 1958

Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hyposteiromys in the database

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