Echimys

Echimys; Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Genus:	Echimys; G. Cuvier, 1809
Species
	Echimys chrysurus; Echimys saturnus; Echimys vierai
Synonyms
	Echinomys Wagner, 1840; Loncheres Illiger, 1811; Nelomys Jourdan, 1837

Echimys is a genus of spiny rat.^[1] Members of the genus are collectively called spiny tree-rats as they are arboreal and have pronounced spines.

Classification

The genus contains three extant species

White-faced spiny tree-rat - Echimys chrysurus
Dark spiny tree-rat - Echimys saturnus
Echimys vierai

Members of the genera Callistomys, Makalata, Pattonomys, and Phyllomys were all formerly considered part of the genus Echimys.

References

^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Echimys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[MSW3-1] Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Echimys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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