Echimyinae

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Parvorder:Caviomorpha
Echimyinae
Ferreira's spiny tree-rat, Mesomys hispidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Gray 1825 [1]
Tribes

Echimyini
Myocastorini

Echimyinae[1] is a subfamily of rodents belonging to the spiny rats family Echimyidae.[2] It contains 14 arboreal genera—all the members of the tribe Echimyini, plus Callistomys—a few terrestrial genera (Thrichomys, Hoplomys, and Proechimys), and a subaquatic genus (Myocastor).[3]

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