Cercomys Cuvier 1829 (spiny rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Parent taxon: Heteropsomyinae according to B. Patterson and R. Pascual 1968
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Boromys, Brotomys, Heteropsomys, Puertoricomys
Subtaxa: Cercomys cunicularius
Type: Cercomys cunicularius
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro La Bota (Miocene of Argentina)
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