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Subfamily Echimyinae Gray 1825 (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Parent taxon: Echimyidae according to G. E. Iack-Ximenes et al. 2005

See also Patterson and Pascual 1968

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

Subtaxa: Callistomys Echimys Makalata Phyllomys

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (13 collections), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Brazil (1)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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