Echimyidae

**Echimyidae**
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Instance of	taxon;
Different from	Hydnaceae;
Common name
	Kotava: Tovipol; български: Бодливи плъхове; català: Rates espinoses; dansk: Pigrotter; Deutsch: Stachelratten; فارسی: تیغی‌موشان; עברית: חולדות קוצניות; magyar: Tüskéspatkányfélék; 日本語: アメリカトゲネズミ科; 한국어: 가시쥐과; lietuvių: Dygliažiurkės; norsk bokmål: Piggrotter; Nederlands: Stekelratten; norsk: Piggrottefamilien; polski: Kolczakowate; پنجابی: کنڈیالے چوۓ; português: Equimídeos; Runa Simi: Kichka ukucha; русский: Щетинистые крысы; slovenščina: bodičaste podgane; svenska: Lansråttor; українська: Щетинцеві; 中文: 棘鼠科; 中文（简体）: 棘鼠科; 中文（繁體）: 棘鼠科; 中文（香港）: 棘鼠科;
Taxonomy
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theria
Clade	Eutheria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Euarchontoglires
Order	Rodentia
Suborder	Hystricognatha
Infraorder	Hystricognathi
Family	Echimyidae
Taxon author	John Edward Gray, 1825
Authority file
	Q852726; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007531370705171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 10161; ITIS TSN: 584583; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 8690; Fossilworks taxon ID: 42051; GBIF taxon ID: 9436; MSW ID: 13400406; iNaturalist taxon ID: 43909; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 52372; ADW taxon ID: Echimyidae; uBio ID: 106537; IRMNG ID: 104258
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Rodentia • Familia: Echimyidae Gray, 1825

Vernacular names

English: spiny rat
Deutsch: Stachelratten
lietuvių: Dygliažiurkės
polski: Kolczakowate (gryzonie)

Included genera (for Mammal Species of the World (2005), 29 June 2012):

Boromys, Brotomys, Callistomys, Carterodon, Clyomys, Dactylomys, Diplomys, Echimys, Euryzygomatomys, Heteropsomys, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Kannabateomys, Lonchothrix, Makalata, Mesomys, Olallamys, Phyllomys, Proechimys, Thrichomys, Trinomys

Echimyidae

Boromys (cat.)[edit]

Boromys offella (cat.)[edit]

Boromys torrei (cat.)[edit]

Brotomys (cat.)[edit]

Brotomys contractus (cat.)[edit]

Brotomys voratus (cat.)[edit]

Callistomys (cat.)[edit]

Callistomys pictus (cat.)[edit]

Carterodon (cat.)[edit]

Carterodon sulcidens (cat.)[edit]

Clyomys (cat.)[edit]

Clyomys bishopi (cat.)[edit]

Clyomys laticeps (cat.)[edit]

Dactylomys (cat.)[edit]

Dactylomys boliviensis (cat.)[edit]

Dactylomys dactylinus (cat.)[edit]

Dactylomys peruanus (cat.)[edit]

Diplomys (cat.)[edit]

Diplomys caniceps (cat.)[edit]

Diplomys labilis (cat.)[edit]

Diplomys rufodorsalis (cat.)[edit]

Echimys (cat.)[edit]

Echimys chrysurus (cat.)[edit]

Echimys saturnus (cat.)[edit]

Echimys semivillosus (cat.)[edit]

Euryzygomatomys (cat.)[edit]

Euryzygomatomys spinosus (cat.)[edit]

Heteropsomys (cat.)[edit]

Heteropsomys antillensis (cat.)[edit]

Heteropsomys insulans (cat.)[edit]

Hoplomys (cat.)[edit]

Hoplomys gymnurus (cat.)[edit]

Isothrix (cat.)[edit]

Isothrix bistriata (cat.)[edit]

Isothrix negrensis (cat.)[edit]

Isothrix pagurus (cat.)[edit]

Isothrix sinnamariensis (cat.)[edit]

Kannabateomys (cat.)[edit]

Kannabateomys amblyonyx (cat.)[edit]

Lonchothrix (cat.)[edit]

Lonchothrix emiliae (cat.)[edit]

Makalata (cat.)[edit]

Makalata didelphoides (cat.)[edit]

Makalata grandis (cat.)[edit]

Makalata macrura (cat.)[edit]

Makalata obscura (cat.)[edit]

Makalata occasius (cat.)[edit]

Makalata rhipidura (cat.)[edit]

Mesomys (cat.)[edit]

Mesomys hispidus (cat.)[edit]

Mesomys leniceps (cat.)[edit]

Mesomys occultus (cat.)[edit]

Mesomys stimulax (cat.)[edit]

Olallamys (cat.)[edit]

Olallamys albicauda (cat.)[edit]

Olallamys edax (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys blainvillii (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys brasiliensis (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys dasythrix (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys kerri (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys lamarum (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys lundi (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys mantiqueirensis (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys medius (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys nigrispinus (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys pattoni (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys thomasi (cat.)[edit]

Phyllomys unicolor (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys brevicauda (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys canicollis (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys chrysaeolus (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys cuvieri (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys decumanus (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys echinothrix (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys gardneri (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys goeldii (cat.)[edit]

Proechimys guairae (cat.)[edit]