Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Synonyms: Echinoprocta Gray 1865, Sphiggurus Cuvier 1825
Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to J. X. Samuels and B. Van Valkenburgh 2008
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sussman 2011
Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Eopululo, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys
Subtaxa: Coendou laenatus Coendou magnus Coendou prehensilis
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (2), Brazil (6), Panama (1), Peru (1), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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