| Echimys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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| Echimys chrysurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Echimys F. Cuvier, 1809[1] |
| Type species | |
| Myoxus chrysurus | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echinomys Wagner, 1840[2] | |
Echimys is a genus of the spiny rats family, the Echimyidae.[1][3] Members of this genus are collectively called spiny tree-rats.
The genus name Echimys, and also its synonym Echinomys,[2] derive from the two Ancient Greek words ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), meaning "hedgehog", and μῦς (mûs), meaning "mouse, rat".[4][5]
- ^ a b Cuvier, Frédéric (1809), "Extrait des premiers Mémoires de M. F. Cuvier, sur les dents des Mammifères considérées comme caractères génériques", N. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philomath. Paris (in French), 1 (24): 393–395
- ^ a b Wagner, Johann Andreas (1840), "Beschreibung einiger neuer Nager, welche auf der Reise des Herrn Hofraths v. Schubert gesammelt wurden: mit Bezugnahme auf einige andere verwandte Formen", Abhandl. Math.—Physik. König. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München (in German): 191–210
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Echimys". 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. 1578. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
- ^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved October 20, 2017.