Thrichomys
Sign in to saveThrichomys is a genus of South American rodents in the family Echimyidae. It contains at least five species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. They are as follows: Thrichomys apereoides - Common punaré Thrichomys fosteri - Foster's punaré Thrichomys inermis - Highlands punaré Thrichomys laurentius - Sao Lourenço punaré Thrichomys pachyurus - Paraguayan punaré
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Thrichomys is a genus of South American rodents in the family Echimyidae. It contains at least five species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. They are as follows: Thrichomys apereoides - Common punaré Thrichomys fosteri - Foster's punaré Thrichomys inermis - Highlands punaré Thrichomys laurentius - Sao Lourenço punaré Thrichomys pachyurus - Paraguayan punaré
==Phylogeny== The closest relatives of the genus Thrichomys are two clades consisting of pairs of Myocastorini genera: Callistomys (the painted tree-rat) and Myocastor (the coypu or nutria) in one clade, and Hoplomys (the armored rat) and Proechimys in the other.
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