| Dactylomys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Dactylomys I. Geoffroy, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Dactylomys typus | |
| Species | |
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Dactylomys boliviensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lachnomys Thomas, 1916 | |
Dactylomys is the genus of South American bamboo rats[1] They are arboreal members of the family Echimyidae.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Dactylomys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1576. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.