ECHIMYIDAE, Gray, 1825
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Family ECHIMYIDAE View in CoL
(HUTIAS, SOUTH AMERICAN SPINY-RATS AND COYPU)
• Small to large rodents; omnivorous or herbivorous, with highly variable cheekteeth morphologies; spiny, harsh, or soft pelages; and locomotion includes arboreal, terrestrial, semi-fossorial, semi-aquatic, and scansorial lineages.
• • 20-100 cm. View Figure
• Neotropical Region. View Figure
• Lowland and highland forested habitats, lowland open dry habitats, and wetlands.
• 27 genera, 99 species, at least 130 extant taxa.
• 6 species Critically Endangered, 10 species Endangered, b species Vulnerable; 10 Extinct since 1600.
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