THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Echimyidae · Clear filter
94 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Oriente Cave RatBoromys offella Miller, 1916 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Haitian Edible RatBrotomys contractus Miller, 1929 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Painted Tree-ratCallistomys pictus (Pictet, 1841) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmarest's HutiaCapromys pilorides (Say, 1822) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Groove-toothed Spiny-ratCarterodon sulcidens (Lund, 1841) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-headed Spiny RatClyomys laticeps (Thomas, 1909) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazon Bamboo RatDactylomys dactylinus (Desmarest, 1817) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Bamboo RatDactylomys peruanus J. A. Allen, 1900 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colombian Rufous Tree-ratDiplomys caniceps (Günther, 1877) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central American Rufous Tree-ratDiplomys labilis (Bangs, 1901) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-faced Spiny Tree-ratEchimys chrysurus (Zimmermann, 1780) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Spiny Tree-ratEchimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| GuiaraEuryzygomatomys spinosus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1814) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaician HutiaGeocapromys brownii (J. Fischer, 1830) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bahamian HutiaGeocapromys ingrahami (J. A. Allen, 1891) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swan Island HutiaGeocapromys thoracatus (True, 1889) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Antillean Cave RatHeteropsomys antillensis (Anthony, 1917) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Puerto Rican Cave RatHeteropsomys insulans Anthony, 1916 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Imposter HutiaHexolobodon phenax Miller, 1929 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Armored RatHoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane HutiaIsolobodon montanus (Miller, 1922) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Puerto Rican HutiaIsolobodon portoricensis J. A. Allen, 1916 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed RatIsothrix bistriata Wagner, 1845 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rio Negro Brush-tailed RatIsothrix negrensis Thomas, 1920 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain Brush-tailed RatIsothrix pagurus Wagner, 1845 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sinnamary Brush-tailed RatIsothrix sinnamariensis Vie et al., 1996 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic Bamboo RatKannabateomys amblyonyx (Wagner, 1845) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-tailed Armored Tree-ratLeiuromys occasius (Thomas, 1921) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree RatLonchothrix emiliae Thomas, 1920 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-nosed Armored Tree-ratMakalata didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Armored Tree-ratMakalata macrura (Wagner, 1842) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Armored Tree-ratMakalata obscura (Wagner, 1840) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cabrera's HutiaMesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed HutiaMesocapromys melanurus (Poey, 1865) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf HutiaMesocapromys nanus (G. M. Allen, 1917) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| San Felipe HutiaMesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona & Garrido, 1970) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ferreira's Spiny Tree-ratMesomys hispidus (Desmarest, 1817) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hidden Spiny Tree-ratMesomys occultus Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pará Spiny Tree-ratMesomys stimulax Thomas, 1911 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| CoypuMyocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Olalla RatOlallamys albicauda (Günther, 1879) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greedy Olalla RatOlallamys edax (Thomas, 1916) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colombian Speckled Tree-ratPattonomys semivillosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys blainvilii (Jourdan, 1837) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys brasiliensis Lund, 1840 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Brazilian Spiny Tree RatPhyllomys centralis Machado, Loss, Paz, Viera, Rodrigues & Marinho-Filho, 2018 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drab Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys dasythrix Hensel, 1872 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kerr's Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys kerri (Moojen, 1950) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallid Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys lamarum (Thomas, 1916) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lund's Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys lundi Leite, 2003 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.