Echimyidae

**Echimyidae**
	family of rodents
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Instance of	taxon;
Different from	Hydnaceae;
Common name
	Kotava: Tovipol; български: Бодливи плъхове; català: Rates espinoses; čeština: Korovití; dansk: Pigrotter; Deutsch: Stachelratten; فارسی: تیغی‌موشان; עברית: חולדות קוצניות; magyar: Tüskéspatkányfélék; 日本語: アメリカトゲネズミ科; 한국어: 가시쥐과; lietuvių: Dygliažiurkės; norsk bokmål: Piggrotter; Nederlands: Stekelratten; norsk: Piggrottefamilien; polski: Kolczakowate; پنجابی: کنڈیالے چوۓ; português: Equimídeos; Runa Simi: Kichka ukucha; русский: Щетинистые крысы; slovenščina: bodičaste podgane; svenska: Lansråttor; українська: Щетинцеві; 中文: 棘鼠科; 中文（简体）: 棘鼠科; 中文（繁體）: 棘鼠科; 中文（香港）: 棘鼠科;
Taxonomy
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theriiformes
Superlegion	Trechnotheria
Infralegion	Boreosphenida
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Euarchontoglires
Order	Rodentia
Suborder	Hystricognatha
Infraorder	Hystricognathi
Family	Echimyidae
Taxon author	John Edward Gray, 1825
Authority file
	Q852726; J9U ID: 987007531370705171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 10161; ITIS TSN: 584583; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 8690; Fossilworks taxon ID: 42051; GBIF taxon ID: 9436; MSW ID: 13400406; iNaturalist taxon ID: 43909; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 52372; ADW taxon ID: Echimyidae; uBio ID: 106537; IRMNG ID: 104258
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Rodentia • Familia: Echimyidae Gray, 1825

Vernacular names

English: spiny rat
Deutsch: Stachelratten
lietuvių: Dygliažiurkės
polski: Kolczakowate (gryzonie)

Included genera (for Mammal Species of the World (2005), 29 June 2012):

Boromys, Brotomys, Callistomys, Carterodon, Clyomys, Dactylomys, Diplomys, Echimys, Euryzygomatomys, Heteropsomys, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Kannabateomys, Lonchothrix, Makalata, Mesomys, Olallamys, Phyllomys, Proechimys, Thrichomys, Trinomys