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Arboreal Spiny Rats
Echimyini
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. Worth of note, the arboreal genus Callistomys – the painted-tree rat – does not belong to the tribe Echimyini. Because it...
14 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 47 known species
Torós
genusIsothrix
Makalata
genusMakalata
Amazonian Bamboo Rats
genusDactylomys
Mesomys
genusMesomys
Kannabateomys
genusKannabateomys
Soft-furred Spiny Rats
genusDiplomys
Atlantic Tree Rats
genusPhyllomys
Giant Tree Rats
genusToromys
Speckled Tree Rats
genusPattonomys
Echimys
genusEchimys
Olalla Rats
genusOlallamys
Lonchothrix
genusLonchothrix
Santamartamys
genusSantamartamys
Leiuromys
genusLeiuromys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846345.