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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

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys mantiqueirensis Leite, 2003EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-furred Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys medius (Thomas, 1909)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-spined Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys nigrispinus (Wagner, 1842)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Patton's Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys pattoni Emmons, Leite, Kock & Costa, 2002EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sourthern Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys sulinus Leite, Christoff & Fagundes, 2008EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Short-furred Atlantic Tree-ratPhyllomys unicolor (Wagner, 1842)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hispaniolan HutiaPlagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier, 1836EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Wide-toothed HutiaPlagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Samana HutiaPlagiodontia ipnaeum Johnson, 1948EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Short-tailed Spiny-ratProechimys brevicauda (Günther, 1877)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Colombian Spiny-ratProechimys canicollis (J. A. Allen, 1899)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Boyacá Spiny-ratProechimys chrysaeolus (Thomas, 1898)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuvier's Spiny-ratProechimys cuvieri Petter, 1978EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pacific Spiny-ratProechimys decumanus (Thomas, 1899)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Stiff-spine Spiny-ratProechimys echinothrix da Silva, 1998EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gardner's Spiny-ratProechimys gardneri da Silva, 1998EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Goeldi's Spiny-ratProechimys goeldii Thomas, 1905EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guaira Spiny-ratProechimys guairae Thomas, 1901EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guyenne Spiny-ratProechimys guyannensis (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guianan Spiny-ratProechimys hoplomyoides Tate, 1939EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Kulina Spiny-ratProechimys kulinae da Silva, 1998EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-tailed Spiny-ratProechimys longicaudatus (Rengger, 1830)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Minca Spiny-ratProechimys mincae (J. A. Allen, 1899)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
O'Connell's Spiny-ratProechimys oconnelli J. A. Allen, 1913EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Napo Spiny-ratProechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz, 1948EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Robert's Spiny-ratProechimys roberti Thomas, 1901EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tome's Spiny-ratProechimys semispinosus (Tomes, 1860)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Simon's Spiny-ratProechimys simonsi Thomas, 1900EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Steere's Spiny-ratProechimys steerei Goldman, 1911EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Trinidad Spiny-ratProechimys trinitatis (J. A. Allen & Chapman, 1893)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Puertoricomys corozalus (Williams & Koopman, 1951)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Lemke's HutiaRhizoplagiodontia lemkei Woods, 1989EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Common PunaréThrichomys apereoides (Lund, 1839)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Foster's PunareThrichomys fosteri Thomas, 1903EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sao Lourenço PunareThrichomys laurentius Thomas, 1904EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pantanal PunareThrichomys pachyurus (Wagner, 1845)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rio de Janeiro Spiny-ratTrinomys dimidiatus (Günther, 1877)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Elias' Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys eliasi (Pessôa & Reis, 1993)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gracile Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys gratiosus (Moojen, 1948)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys mirapitanga Lara, Patton & Hingst-Zaher, 2002EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys moojeni (Pessôa, Oliveira & Reis, 1992)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rigid-spined Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys paratus (Moojen, 1948)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Elegant-spined Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys setosus (Desmarest, 1817)EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-ratTrinomys yonenagae Rocha, 1995EchimyidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
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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

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