Family Echimyidae Gray 1825 (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Alternative spelling: Echymyidae

Parent taxon: Octodontoidea according to N. S. Upham and B. D. Patterson 2015

See also Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Huchon and Douzery 2001, Kramarz et al. 2010, Lavocat 1976, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Patterson and Wood 1982, Sostillo et al. 2014, Wood 1958 and Wood and Patterson 1959

Sister taxa: Abrocomidae, Acarechimys, Acaremyidae, Adelphomys, Capromyidae, Caviocricetus, Changquin, Chasichimys, Ctenomyidae, Deseadomys, Draconomys, Dudumus, Eodelphomys, Eoespina, Eosachacui, Eosallamys, Ethelomys, Kannabateomys, Lapazomys, Leucokephalos, Llitun, Loretomys, Marisela, Mayomys, Migraveramus, Myocastoridae, Neophanomys, Octodontidae, Paulacoutomys, Plesiacarechimys, Proechimys, Prospaniomys, Protacaremys, Protadelphomys, Sallamys, Selvamys, Spaniomys, Stichomys, Vallehermosomys, Xylechimys

Subtaxa: Adelphomyinae Carterodon Chaetomyinae Clyomys Dactylomyinae Dactylomys Dicolpomys Diplomys Echimyinae Eumysopinae Eumysops Euryzygomatomys Gaimanomys Haplostropha Heteropsomyinae Hoplomys Isothrix Lonchothrix Maruchito Mesomys Myocastor Pampamys Paradelphomys Proatherura Quebradahondomys Reigechimys Theridomysops Thrichomys Trinomys

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Type: Echimyinae

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (16 collections), Bolivia (5), Brazil (31), Chile (2), Cuba (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (1), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (1), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (2)

• Uquian of Argentina (6)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (2)

• Pliocene of Argentina (40)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (11)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (32), Bolivia (1), Brazil (3), Chile (5), Colombia (4), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of Peru (4)

• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1)

• Eocene of Mongolia (1)

Total: 178 collections including 266 occurrences

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