Diplomys

Diplomys
Colombian soft-furred spiny rat, Diplomys caniceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Diplomys
Thomas, 1916
Type species
Loncheres caniceps
Species

Diplomys caniceps
Diplomys labilis

Diplomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[1] They are found in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama.[2]

  1. ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Diplomys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Ramírez-Fernández, José Daniel; Córdoba-Alfaro, Jim; Salas-Solano, Diego; A., Francisco J. Durán; Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal (2015-09-20). "Extension of the known geographic distribution of Diplomys labilis (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae): first record for Costa Rica". Check List. 11 (5): 1745. doi:10.15560/11.5.1745. ISSN 1809-127X.