Cercomys Cuvier 1829 (spiny rat)

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

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Type: Cercomys cunicularius

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro La Bota (Miocene of Argentina)

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