Echimys
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”).
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Echimys in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
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