Platacanthomys Blyth 1859

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Platacanthomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 905-906 : 905

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scientific name	Platacanthomys Blyth 1859
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Platacanthomys Blyth 1859 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 28: 288.

Type Species: Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859

Synonyms: Platyacanthomus Marschall 1873 ; Platyacanthomys Coues 1890 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859

Discussion: Although currently known only from the Indian Peninsula, the genus is represented in the Indomalayan region by the late Miocene P. dianensis , described from isolated molars in Yuanmou and Lufeng, Yunnan, China ( Ni and Qiu, 2002; Qiu, 1989); the "living Platacanthomys lasiurus is closely related to … P. dianensis , and very probably descended from it" ( Qiu, 1989:281).