Parent taxon: Octodontoidea according to S. F. VizcaĆno et al. 2022
See also Arnal and Vucetich 2015, Kramarz 2004, Kramarz et al. 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997, Verzi et al. 2014, Vucetich et al. 2015 and Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Abrocomidae, Acaremyidae, Adelphomys, Capromyidae, Caviocricetus, Changquin, Chasichimys, Ctenomyidae, Deseadomys, Draconomys, Dudumus, Echimyidae, 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: Acarechimys gracilis Acarechimys leucotheae Acarechimys minutissimus Acarechimys minutus Acarechimys pascuali
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (28 collections), Bolivia (3), Chile (4), Colombia (2), Peru (3)
• Deseadan of Argentina (1)
Total: 41 collections including 71 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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