ECHIMYIDAE, Gray, 1825

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Echimyidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 552-604 : 552

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6623649
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6620101
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5A071-FFED-FFD9-FCF7-5A53526DFA28
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	ECHIMYIDAE
status

Treatment

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.