Echimys

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Echimys m

1. 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^[1] at Bucknell.