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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Echimyidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Echinomyidae
Family recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Myocastoridae Ameghino 1902
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Alternative Names

Echinomyidae
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Echymyidae
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Myocastoridae
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
? carrikeri Allen, 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? castaneus Allen & Chapman, 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? chrysurus Zimmermann, 1780
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? flavidus Hollister, 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? guianae Thomas, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? longirostris Anthony, 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? occasius Thomas, 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? paleacea Olfers, 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pulchellus Ameghino, 1902
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? punctatus Thomas, 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? scagliai Pascual, 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? semivillosus Geoffroy, 1838
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Capromyidae
Echinomyidae
Echymyidae
Haplostropha Ameghino 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Isomyopotamus Rovereto 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Matyoscor Ameghino 1902
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Morenella Palmer 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myocastoridae
Myocastoridae
Myocastorinae Ameghino 1902
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Palaeoechimys Spillmann 1949
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pattersomys Pascual 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plataeomys Ameghino 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plateomys Ameghino 1881
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proatherura Ameghino 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Strophostephanos Ameghino 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tribodon Ameghino 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

American spiny rats preferred
West Indian hutias
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web
spiny rats
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web

Finnish

Amerikanpiikkirotat preferred
Recognized by admin

Japanese

アメリカトゲネズミ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Curated hierarchies for Echimyidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae (this page)
49 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Echimyidae (this page)