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Spiny Rats and Hutias
(Family Echimyidae)
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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 also the most ecologically diverse, with members ranging from fully arboreal to terrestrial to fossorial habits. They presently exist mainly in South America; three members of the family also range into Central America. Species of the extinct subfamily Heteropsomyinae formerly lived on Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico in the Antilles,
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Terrestrial Spiny Rats and Allies
(Tribe Myocastorini)
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Myocastorini is a tribe of echimyid rodents, proposed in 2017, and containing the five extant genera Callistomys, Hoplomys, Myocastor, Proechimys, and Thrichomys.
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Old World Field Mice and Ryukyu Spiny Rats
(Tribe Apodemini)
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Apodemini is a tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. It contains two extant genera, one found throughout Eurasia and the other endemic to the Ryukyu Islands. Several fossil genera are also known from throughout Eurasia, including one large species (Rhagamys) that persisted on Sardinia and Corsica up until at least the first millennium BC, when it was likely wiped out by human activity.
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Arboreal Spiny Rats
(Tribe Echimyini)
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Echimyini is a tribe of echimyid rodents, proposed in 2016, and containing 13 extant genera: all of the tree rats Echimys, Phyllomys, Makalata, Pattonomys, Toromys, Diplomys, Santamartamys, and Isothrix, the long recognized dactylomines Dactylomys, Olallamys, and Kannabateomys, and the enigmatic and previously classified as eumysopines Lonchothrix and Mesomys. All these spiny rats genera are arboreal
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O'Connell's Spiny Rat
(Proechimys oconnelli)
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O'Connell's spiny-rat (Proechimys oconnelli) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia.
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Tome's Spiny Rat
(Proechimys semispinosus)
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Tome's spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus), also known as Tomes' spiny rat or the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat distributed from Honduras to Ecuador. The IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
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Ferreira's Spiny Tree Rat
(Mesomys hispidus)
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Ferreira's spiny tree-rat, Mesomys hispidus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
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Brazilian Spiny Tree Rat
(Makalata didelphoides)
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The Brazilian spiny tree rat (Makalata didelphoides) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad & Tobago where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest. There is also a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata macrurus. It is nocturnal, and eats seeds.
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Red Spiny Rat
(Maxomys surifer)
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The red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
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Long-tailed Spiny Tree Rat
(Makalata macrura)
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The long-tailed armored tree-rat, Makalata macrura, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, with a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata didelphoides. Initially considered a large form of the latter species, it actually represents a distinct species as supported by morphological and molecular characters.
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Soft-furred Spiny Rats
(Genus Diplomys)
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Diplomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae. They are found in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama.
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Rufous Soft-furred Spiny Rat
(Diplomys labilis)
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The rufous soft-furred spiny-rat (Diplomys labilis), known as ratón espinoso meaning "spiny" or "thorny" rat in Spanish, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. In November 2015, it was spotted for the first time in Osa, Costa Rica by the Costa Rican researcher Jim Córdoba-Alfaro.
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Spiny Rat Lice
(Family Polyplacidae)
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Polyplacidae is a family of lice in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. Lice in this family are known commonly as the spiny rat lice. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution. As of 2010 there were 193 species.
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Simon's Spiny Rat
(Proechimys simonsi)
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Simon's spiny rat, Proechimys simonsi, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Atlantic Spiny Rats
(Subfamily Euryzygomatomyinae)
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Euryzygomatinae is a subfamily of rodents, proposed in 2017, and containing three extant genera of spiny Echimyidae: Clyomys, Euryzygomatomys, and Trinomys.
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Ryukyu Spiny Rats
(Genus Tokudaia)
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Tokudaia is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan. Known as Ryūkyū spiny rats or spinous country-rats, population groups exist on several non-contiguous islands. Despite differences in name and appearance, they are the closest living relatives of the Eurasian field mouse (Apodemus). Of the three species, both T. osimensis and T. tokunoshimensis have lost their Y chromosome and SRY gene; the sex chromosomes of T. muenninki, on the o
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Huallaga Spiny Rat
(Proechimys brevicauda)
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The short-tailed spiny-rat, Proechimys brevicauda, or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Atlantic Spiny Rats
(Genus Trinomys)
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The Atlantic spiny rats are all found in the genus Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae.
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Cuvier's Spiny Rat
(Proechimys cuvieri)
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Cuvier's spiny-rat, Proechimys cuvieri, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname.
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Cayenne Spiny Rat
(Proechimys guyannensis)
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The Guyenne spiny-rat, Proechimys guyannensis, or Cayenne spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.
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Amami Spiny Rat
(Tokudaia osimensis)
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The Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Endemic to Amami Ōshima island in the Amami Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan, its natural habitat is subtropical moist broadleaf forest. The karyotype has an odd diploid number, 2n = 25. Like its relative T. tokunoshimensis, it has lost its Y chromosome and SRY gene.
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Boyaca Spiny Rat
(Proechimys chrysaeolus)
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The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia; it is found primary forest in Carare River valley, Boyacá Department, 100 to 500 meters above sea level. Nocturnal, terrestrial and solitary, it feeds on seeds, fruit and some leaves and insects. It is threatened by habitat loss for mining and agriculture.
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Steere's Spiny Rat
(Proechimys steerei)
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Steere's spiny rat, Proechimys steerei, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.
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Speckled Tree Rat
(Pattonomys semivillosus)
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The speckled spiny tree-rat (Pattonomys semivillosus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in northern Colombia and Venezuela. It can be found in gallery forest and dry forest. Its diet includes fruit and seeds.
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