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, Hexolobodon, Hoplomys, Isolobodon, Isothrix, Lonchothrix, Maruchito, Mesomys, Myocastor, Pampamys, Paradelphomys, Proatherura, Quebradahondomys, Reigechimys, Rhizoplagiodontia, Theridomysops, Thrichomys, Trinomys
Subtaxa: Eumysops cavioides Eumysops chapalmalensis Eumysops formosus Eumysops gracilis Eumysops laeviplicatus Eumysops marplatensis Eumysops parodii Eumysops robustus
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections)
• Uquian of Argentina (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (47)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
Total: 62 collections including 82 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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