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Echimyidae

Echimyidae (from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), meaning "hedgehog", and μῦς (mûs), meaning "rat, mouse") is the family of Neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich family of hystricognath rodents. It is probably also the most ecologically diverse, with members ranging from fully arboreal to terrestrial to fossorial…

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related to Extinct genera · 32
Echimyidae → Acarechimys, Adelphomyinae, Adelphomys, Boromys, Brotomys, Cercomys, Chasichimys, Deseadomys, Eumysops, Family Echimyidae, Heteropsomyinae, Heteropsomys, Hexolobodon, Hyperplagiodontia, Isolobodon, Maruchito, Palaeoechimys, Pampamys, Paradelphomys, Pattersomys
related to Systematics · 15
Echimyidae → Bayesian, Capromyidae, Capromyinae, Capromyini, Dactylomyinae, DNA, Echimyinae, Echimyini, Eumysopinae, Euryzygomatomyinae, Myocastoridae, Myocastorini, Phylogeny, Plagiodontini, The
related to Phylogeny · 13
Echimyidae → Capromyidae, Caribbean, Carterodon, Dactylomys, Echimyinae, Euryzygomatomyinae, Euryzygomatomys, Mesomys, Myocastor, Phyllomys, Proechimys, The, Trinomys
related to About Chaetomys · 6
Echimyidae → Chaetomys, Erethizontidae, Like, New World, Some, The
related to Extant genera · 1
Echimyidae → Family Echimyidae

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spiny family rats species rat members arboreal terrestrial chaetomys fossorial heteropsomyinae extinct capromyinae echimyinae euryzygomatomyinae eumysopinae phylogeny subfamily also capromyidae

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Echimyidaerelated to About ChaetomysThe0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to About ChaetomysChaetomys0.60section
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Echimyidaerelated to About ChaetomysErethizontidae0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to About ChaetomysLike0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to About ChaetomysSome0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to Extant generaFamily Echimyidae0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to Extinct generaFamily Echimyidae0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to Extinct generaCercomys0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to Extinct generaMaruchito0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to Extinct generaPaulacoutomys0.60section
Echimyidaerelated to Extinct generaProclinodontomys0.60section

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