Euryzygomatomyinae | |
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Trinomys, a member of the subfamily Euryzygomatomyinae. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
Superfamily: | Octodontoidea |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Euryzygomatomyinae Fabre et al. 2017 [1] |
Genera | |
Euryzygomatinae is a subfamily of rodents, proposed in 2017, and containing three extant genera of spiny Echimyidae: Clyomys, Euryzygomatomys, and Trinomys.[1]
Members of this echimyid subfamily all share an origin in the eastern part of Brazil, close to the Atlantic Forest.