Echimys Cuvier 1809 (spiny tree-rat)
Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Echimyidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 233839
Synonym: Loncheres Illiger 1811 (taxon 105146)
Parent taxon: Echimyinae according to G. E. Iack-Ximenes et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Callistomys, Diplomys, Isothrix, Makalata, Phyllomys
Subtaxa: Echimys chrysurus, Echimys grandis, Echimys paleaceus, Echimys saturnus, Echimys vieirai
Ecology: scansorial insectivore