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