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Echimyidae (spiny rat)
Taxonomy
Echimyidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant. Its type is Echimyinae.
It was assigned to Glires by Bonaparte (1850); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Lavocat (1976), Patterson and Wood (1982), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Sostillo et al. (2014) and Upham and Patterson (2015).
It was assigned to Glires by Bonaparte (1850); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Lavocat (1976), Patterson and Wood (1982), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Sostillo et al. (2014) and Upham and Patterson (2015).
Subtaxa
Adelphomyinae, Carterodon, Chaetomyinae, Clyomys, Dactylomyinae, Dactylomys, Dicolpomys, Diplomys, Echimyinae (type subfamily), Eumysopinae, Eumysops (syn. Proaguti), Euryzygomatomys, Gaimanomys, Haplostropha, Heteropsomyinae, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Lonchothrix, Maruchito, Mesomys, Myocastor (syn. Myopotamus, Tramyocastor, Mastonotus), Pampamys, Paradelphomys, Proatherura, Quebradahondomys, Reigechimys, Theridomysops (syn. Tribodon), Thrichomys, Trinomys
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1825 | Echimyidae Gray |
1850 | Echymyidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
1958 | Echimyidae Wood p. 172 |
1959 | Echimyidae Wood and Patterson |
1976 | Echimyidae Lavocat |
1982 | Echimyidae Patterson and Wood |
1988 | Echimyidae Carroll |
1991 | Echimyidae Nowak |
1999 | Echimyidae Nowak |
2001 | Echimyidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
2010 | Echimyidae Kramarz et al. |
2014 | Echimyidae Sostillo et al. p. 286 |
2015 | Echimyidae Upham and Patterson |
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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.
Fm. Echimyidae Gray 1825 [spiny rat]
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Subfm. †Adelphomyinae Patterson and Pascual 1968
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G. Dactylomys Geoffroy 1838 [bamboo rat]
G. Diplomys Thomas 1916
Subfm. Echimyinae Gray 1825
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G. Echimys Cuvier 1809 [spiny tree-rat]
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Echimys chrysurus Zimmermann 1780 [white-faced Spiny tree-rat]
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Invalid names: Echimys cristatus Desmarest 1817 [synonym]
Echimys grandis Wagner 1845
Echimys paleaceus Olfers 1818
Echimys saturnus Thomas 1928 [dark spiny tree-rat]
Echimys vieirai Iack-Ximenes et al. 2005 [Viera's spiny tree-rat]
Invalid names: Loncheres Illiger 1811 [synonym]
G. Makalata Husson 1978
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Makalata armata Geoffroy 1838
Makalata carrikeri Allen 1911
Makalata castanea Allen and Chapman 1897
Makalata didelphoides Desmarest 1817 [Brazilian spiny tree-rat]
Makalata flavida Hollister 1914
Makalata guianae Thomas 1888
Makalata longirostris Anthony 1921
Makalata macrura Wagner 1842
Makalata obscura Wagner 1840
Makalata occasius Thomas 1921
Makalata punctatus Thomas 1899
Makalata rhipidura Thomas 1928
Makalata semivillosa Geoffroy 1838 [speckled spiny tree-rat]
G. Phyllomys Lund 1839 [Atlantic tree-rat]
Subfm. †Eumysopinae Rusconi 1935
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G. †Palaeoechimys Spillmann 1949
G. †Proclinodontomys Candela et al. 2020
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†Proclinodontomys dondasi Candela et al. 2020
†Proclinodontomys mordax Winge 1888
G. †Ullumys Olivares et al. 2017
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†Ullumys intermedius Rovereto 1914
†Ullumys pattoni Olivares et al. 2017
G. †Eumysops Ameghino
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†Eumysops cavioides Ameghino 1908
†Eumysops chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Eumysops formosus Ameghino 1906
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Invalid names: Proaguti complicatus Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Proaguti gracilis Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Proaguti intermixtus Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Proatherura formosa Ameghino 1906 [synonym]
†Eumysops gracilis Ameghino 1908
†Eumysops laeviplicatus Ameghino 1888
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Invalid names: Proaguti chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
†Eumysops marplatensis Olivares and Verzi 2015
†Eumysops parodii Kraglievich 1945
†Eumysops robustus Ameghino 1889
Invalid names: Proaguti Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
G. Euryzygomatomys Goeldi 1901
G. †Gaimanomys Vucetich and Bond 1984
G. †Haplostropha Ameghino 1891
Subfm. †Heteropsomyinae Anthony 1917
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G. †Boromys Miller 1916
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†Boromys brachyblastus Tong 1997
†Boromys marydawsonae Tong 1997
†Boromys obtusus Tong 1997
G. †Brotomys Miller 1916
G. †Heteropsomys Anthony 1916
G. †Puertoricomys Woods 1989
G. Hoplomys Allen 1908
G. Isothrix Wagner 1845 [brush-tailed rat]
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Isothrix bistriata Wagner 1845 [yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat]
Isothrix bistriata negrensis Thomas 1920 [Rio Negro brush-tailed rat]
G. Lonchothrix Thomas 1920
G. Mesomys Wagner 1845 [spiny tree rat]
G. Myocastor Kerr 1782
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†Myocastor brevirostris Rusconi 1944
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 [coypu]
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Invalid names: Mastonotus popelairi Wesmael 1841 [synonym], Myopotamus bonariensis Saint-Hilaire 1805 [synonym]
†Myocastor diligens Ameghino 1888
†Myocastor ipriscus Gervais and Ameghino 1880
†Myocastor perditus Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Mastonotus Wesmael 1841 [synonym], Myopotamus Saint-Hilaire 1805 [synonym], Tramyocastor Rusconi 1936 [synonym]
G. †Proatherura Ameghino 1906
G. †Reigechimys Verzi et al. 1994
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†Reigechimys octodontiformis Verzi et al. 1994
†Reigechimys plesiodon Verzi et al. 1994
†Reigechimys simplex Sostillo et al. 2014
G. †Theridomysops Vucetich 1995
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†Theridomysops parvulus Rovereto 1914
Invalid names: Tribodon Ameghino 1887 [synonym]
G. †Thrichomys Trouessart 1881 [punaré]
G. Trinomys Thomas 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available