ECHIMYIDAE
(Spiny Rats)
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The Echimyidae is a good-sized (18 genera and 84 living species) family of
hystricomorph
rodents. Three subfamilies of living forms are recognized: Dactylomyinae (3
genera and
6 species, northern Colombia and Venezuela southward to northeastern Argentina
and
southernmost Brazil), Echimyinae (6 genera and 29 species, Honduras southward
to
southernmost Brazil), and Eumysopinae (9 genera and 49 species, Honduras
southward
to
southernmost Brazil). Members of the family are present on many nearshore
islands,
including San Miguel, San José and Bastimentos (all off Panama), Margarita,
Trinidad
and
Tobago, Gorgona (Colombia), and Grande, São Sebastiao and Santa Catarina
(all off southern
Brazil).
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