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Echimys chrysurus (white-faced Spiny tree-rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Taxonomy
Myoxus chrysurus was named by Zimmermann (1780). It is extant.

It was recombined as Echimys chrysurus by Cuvier (1809), Emmons and Feer (1997), Iack-Ximenes et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Myoxus chrysurus Zimmermann
1809Echimys chrysurus Cuvier
1817Echimys cristatus Desmarest
1997Echimys chrysurus Emmons and Feer
2005Echimys chrysurus Iack-Ximenes et al. p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
familyEchimyidaeGray 1825
subfamilyEchimyinaeGray 1825
genusEchimysCuvier 1809
specieschrysurus(Zimmermann 1780)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Echimys chrysurus Zimmermann 1780 [white-faced Spiny tree-rat]
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Invalid names: Echimys cristatus Desmarest 1817 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:44:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available