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Echimys is a
genus of the
spiny rats family, the Echimyidae.
Members of this
genus are
collectively called spiny tree-rats. The
genus name
Echimys, and...
- didelphoides
Binomial name
Makalata didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817)
Synonyms Echimys didelphoides Desmarest, 1817
Mesomys didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) Makalata...
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diagnostic trait of this
Echimys species is the
presence of a
dorsal median dark
maroon stripe on the head. As
compared to
Echimys chrysurus, E. vieirai...
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Toromys is the
sister genus to Pattonomys.
These taxa are
closely related to
Echimys, Phyllomys, and Makalata,
reflecting the fact that
Toromys grandis and...
- soft-furred
spiny rat (D. caniceps)
Rufous soft-furred
spiny rat (D. labilis)
Echimys White-faced
spiny tree-rat (E. chrysurus) Dark
spiny tree-rat (E. saturnus)...
- semivillosus
Binomial name
Pattonomys semivillosus (I. Geoffroy, 1838)
Synonyms Echimys semivillosus (I. Geoffroy, 1838)
Pattonomys carrikeri (J. A. Allen, 1911)...
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eastern Ecuador and
central Peru.
Compared to
Echimys chrysurus, the main
diagnostic character state of this
Echimys species is the
mostly black dorsal part...
- Ecuador; Diplothrix, the
Ryukyus Islands tree rat, from the
Ryukyu Islands;
Echimys, from Amazonia; Kadarsanomys, Sody's tree rat, from Java; Lenothrix, the...
- Vucetich, 1998 Species: C. pictus
Binomial name
Callistomys pictus (Pictet, 1841)
Synonyms Isothrix picta Pictet, 1841
Echimys pictus (Pictet, 1841)...
- soft-furred
spiny rat (D. caniceps)
Rufous soft-furred
spiny rat (D. labilis)
Echimys White-faced
spiny tree-rat (E. chrysurus) Dark
spiny tree-rat (E. saturnus)...
