Echimys

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Translingual

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).

Proper noun

Echimys m

A taxonomic genus within the family Echimyidae – the spiny tree-rats.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Echimyidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Echimys chrysurus, Echimys saturnus, Echimys vierai (species)
- Echimys pictus (= Callistomys pictus) (former species, now placed in genus Callistomys)
- Echimys macrurus (= Makalata macrura), Echimys rhipidurus (= Makalata rhipidura) (former species, now placed in genus Makalata)
- Echimys semivillosus (= Pattonomys semivillosus) (former species, now placed in genus Pattonomys)
- Echimys blainvillei (= Phyllomys blainvillei), Echimys braziliensis (= Phyllomys brasiliensis), Echimys dasythrix (= Phyllomys dasythrix), Echimys lamarum (= Phyllomys lamarum), Echimys nigrispinus (= Phyllomys nigrispinus), Echimys thomasi (= Phyllomys thomasi), Echimys unicolor (= Phyllomys unicolor) (former species, now placed in genus Phyllomys)
- Echimys grandis (= Toromys grandi) (former species, now placed in genus Toromys)

References

Echimys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Echimys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Echimys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Echimys at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Echimys in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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