Taxonomy Profile: Echimys (G Cuvier 1809)

Echimys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Loncheres
Illiger 1811
Nelomys
Jourdan 1837
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Echimys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
hystricognath rodents |
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Genus : Echimys
Echimys Direct Children(s):
Echimys chrysurus
(Zimmermann 1780)
Echimys saturnus
(Thomas 1928)
Echimys semivillosus
(I Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1838)
Echimys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Charles A. Woods
Notes:
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Echimys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Echimys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Echimys
Echimys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Echimys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Formerly included pictus by some authors (e.g., Pictet, 1843; Goldman, 1916; Thomas, 1916e, f; Tate, 1935; Moojen, 1952), now in genus Callistomys (see account above); armatus, grandis, macrurus, and rhipidurus, which are now placed in the genus Makalata (see that account); and blainvillei, braziliensis, dasythrix, lamarum, nigrispinus, thomasi, and unicolor, which are now placed in the genus Phyllomys (see that account and Emmons et al., 2002). The genus is under review by L. Emmons (pers....