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Echimys
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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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyEchimyidae
Observations recorded342
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 63
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Echimyidae
- Collections
- AMNH
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Classification
- Phylogeny
- References
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 also its synonym Echinomys, derive from the two Ancient Greek words (), meaning "hedgehog", and (), meaning "mouse, rat".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echimys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.