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Echimyidae is the
family of
neotropical spiny rats and
their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich
family of
hystricognath rodents. It is probably...
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phylogeny indicate that
hutias nest
within the
Neotropical spiny rats (
Echimyidae). Indeed, the
hutia subfamily, Capromyinae, is the
sister group to Owl's...
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hottest parts of Brazil. This
animal is
often considered a
member of
Echimyidae on the
basis of its premolars. However, a
molecular phylogeny based on...
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member of the
family Myocastoridae,
Myocastor is now
included within Echimyidae, the
family of the
spiny rats. The
nutria lives in
burrows alongside stretches...
- chinchilla-rats
Family Octodontidae:
degus Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos
Family Echimyidae:
spiny rats
Family Myocastoridae:
nutrias Family Capromyidae:
hutias Superfamily...
- "Ecomorphological
diversification among South American spiny rats (Rodentia;
Echimyidae): a
phylogenetic and
chronological approach".
Molecular Phylogenetics...
- 142:445-477. Emmons, L.H. 2005. A
Revision of the
Genera of
Arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia:
Echimyidae, Echimyinae), With
Descriptions of Two New Genera. pp. 247–310...
- (pacaranas and
their fossil relatives,
including some of
megafaunal size)
Echimyidae (spiny rats)
Erethizontidae (New
World porcupines)
Myocastoridae (coypu)...
- This is a list of
North American mammals. It
includes all
mammals currently found in the
United States, St.
Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda...
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Brazil has the
largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600
described species and more
likely to be discovered.
According to the International...
