- The
painted tree-rat (
Callistomys pictus) is a
species of
spiny rat from Brazil,
restricted to north-eastern
Bahia in
eastern Brazil. It is the only species...
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genera Callistomys, Hoplomys, Myocastor, Proechimys, and Thrichomys.
Myocastorini members share long
upper incisor roots (except
Callistomys), and mid-...
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sequences showed that the
genus Myocastor is the
sister group to the
genus Callistomys (painted tree-rats). In turn,
these two taxa
share evolutionary affinities...
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occurring worldwide;
Brachytarsomys (several species), from Madagascar;
Callistomys (the
painted tree-rat), from Brazil; Carpomys, from the Philippines;...
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Mesomys Olallamys Pattonomys Phyllomys Santamartamys Toromys Myocastorini Callistomys Hoplomys Myocastor Proechimys Thrichomys †Eumysopinae
Acarechimys Chasichimys...
- (2014). "Unexpected
phylogenetic relationships of the
painted tree rat
Callistomys pictus (Rodentia: Echimyidae)" (PDF).
Natureza on Line. 12: 132–136....
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Mesomys Olallamys Pattonomys Phyllomys Santamartamys Toromys Myocastorini Callistomys Hoplomys Myocastor Proechimys Thrichomys †Eumysopinae
Acarechimys Chasichimys...
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contains 14
arboreal genera—all the
members of the
tribe Echimyini, plus
Callistomys—a few
terrestrial genera (Thrichomys, Hoplomys, and Proechimys), and...
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Mesomys Olallamys Pattonomys Phyllomys Santamartamys Toromys Myocastorini Callistomys Hoplomys Myocastor Proechimys Thrichomys †Eumysopinae
Acarechimys Chasichimys...
- and (iii) the
arboreal eumysopines Mesomys and Lonchothrix. The
taxon Callistomys pictus was
previously member of the
genus Isothrix, but most authors...
