Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Echimyinae Phylum Chordata Order Rodent | Family Echimyidae Scientific name Echimys Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications White-faced spiny tree-rat, Dark spiny tree-rat, Echimys nigrispinus, Unicolored Tree Rat | ||
Echimys is a genus of spiny rat. 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
Members of the genera Callistomys, Makalata, Pattonomys, and Phyllomys were all formerly considered part of the genus Echimys.
References
Spiny tree-rat Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA