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| Kingdom Animalia |
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Abrocoma Waterhouse, 1837 -- valid -- chinchilla rats |
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Abrocoma bennettii Waterhouse, 1837 -- valid -- Bennett's Chinchilla Rat |
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Abrocoma boliviensis Glanz and Anderson, 1990 -- valid -- Bolivian Chinchilla Rat |
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Abrocoma cinerea Thomas, 1919 -- valid -- Ashy Chinchilla Rat |
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Abrocomidae Miller and Gidley, 1918 -- valid -- chinchilla rats, Inca rats |
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Aconaemys Ameghino, 1891 -- valid -- rock rats |
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Aconaemys fuscus (Waterhouse, 1842) -- valid -- Chilean Rock Rat |
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Aconaemys sagei Pearson, 1984 -- valid -- Sage's Rock Rat |
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Agouti Lacépčde, 1799 -- invalid |
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Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Tepezcuintle |
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Agouti taczanowskii (Stolzmann, 1865) -- invalid |
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Agoutidae Gray, 1821 -- invalid |
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Amblyrhiza Cope, 1868 -- valid |
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Amblyrhiza inundata Cope, 1868 -- valid -- Blunt-toothed Giant Hutia |
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Atherurus F. Cuvier, 1829 -- valid |
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Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842 -- valid -- African Brush-tailed Porcupine |
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Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine, Asian Brush-tailed Porcupine |
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Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 -- valid -- African mole-rats |
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Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 -- valid |
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Bathyergus janetta Thomas and Schwann, 1904 -- valid -- Namaqua Dune Mole-rat, Small Dune Mole-rat, Namaquan Dune Blesmol |
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Bathyergus suillus (Schreber, 1782) -- valid -- Cape Dune Mole-rat, Cape Dune Blesmol, Large Cape Dune Mole-rat |
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Boromys Miller, 1916 -- valid |
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Boromys offella Miller, 1916 -- valid -- Oriente Cave Rat |
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Boromys torrei Allen, 1917 -- valid -- Torre's Cave Rat |
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Brotomys Miller, 1916 -- valid |
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Brotomys contractus Miller, 1929 -- valid -- Haitian Edible Rat |
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Brotomys voratus Miller, 1916 -- valid -- Hispaniolan Edible Rat |
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Capromyidae Smith, 1842 -- invalid -- capromyid rodents |
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Capromyinae Smith, 1842 -- valid |
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Capromys Desmarest, 1822 -- valid |
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Capromys pilorides (Say, 1822) -- valid -- Desmarest's Hutia |
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Carterodon Waterhouse, 1848 -- valid |
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Carterodon sulcidens (Lund, 1841) -- valid -- Owl's Spiny Rat, Groove-toothed Spiny-rat |
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Cavia Pallas, 1766 -- valid |
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Cavia aperea Erxleben, 1777 -- valid -- Brazilian Guinea Pig |
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Cavia fulgida Wagler, 1831 -- valid -- Shiny Guinea Pig |
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Cavia magna Ximinez, 1980 -- valid -- Greater Guinea Pig |
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Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Domesticated Guinea Pig, Domestic Guinea Pig |
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Cavia tschudii Fitzinger, 1857 -- valid -- Montane Guinea Pig |
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Caviidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- cavies, capybaras, rock cavies, maras |
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Caviinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- cavies |
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Chaetomyinae Thomas, 1897 -- valid |
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Chaetomys Gray, 1843 -- valid |
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Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) -- valid -- Bristle-spined Rat, Brazilian Bristle-spined Porcupine, Broomstraw-spined Porcupine, Thin-spined Porcupine |
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Chinchilla Bennett, 1829 -- valid |
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Chinchilla brevicaudata Waterhouse, 1848 -- invalid |
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Chinchilla lanigera (Molina, 1782) -- invalid |
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Chinchilla lanigera Bennett, 1829 -- valid -- Long-tailed Chinchilla, Chilean Chinchilla |
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Chinchillidae Bennett, 1833 -- valid -- viscachas, chinchillas |
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Clidomyinae Woods, 1989 -- valid |
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Clidomys Anthony, 1920 -- valid |
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Clidomys osborni Anthony, 1920 -- valid -- Osborn's Key Mouse |
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Clidomys parvus Anthony, 1920 -- invalid |
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Clyomys Thomas, 1916 -- valid |
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Clyomys bishopi Ávila-Pires and Wutke, 1981 -- invalid -- Bishop's Fossorial Spiny Rat |
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Clyomys laticeps (Thomas, 1909) -- valid -- Broad-headed Spiny Rat |
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Coendou Lacépčde, 1799 -- valid |
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Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844) -- valid -- Bicolored-spined Porcupine |
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Coendou koopmani Handley and Pine, 1992 -- invalid |
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Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Brazilian Porcupine, Prehensile-tailed Porcupine |
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Coendou rothschildi Thomas, 1902 -- invalid -- Rothchild's Porcupine |
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Cryptomys Gray, 1864 -- valid |
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Cryptomys bocagei (de Winton, 1897) -- invalid -- Bocage's Mole-rat |
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Cryptomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838) -- invalid -- Damara Mole-rat |
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Cryptomys foxi (Thomas, 1911) -- invalid -- Nigerian Mole-rat |
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Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson, 1826) -- valid -- Southern African Mole-rat, Common Mole-rat |
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Cryptomys mechowi (Peters, 1881) -- invalid -- Giant Mole-rat |
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Cryptomys ochraceocinereus (Heuglin, 1864) -- invalid -- Ochre Mole-rat |
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Cryptomys zechi (Matschie, 1900) -- invalid -- Togo Mole-rat |
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Ctenomyidae Lesson, 1842 -- valid -- tuco-tucos |
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Ctenomys Blainville, 1826 -- valid |
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Ctenomys argentinus J. R. Contreras and Berry, 1982 -- valid -- Argentine Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys australis Rusconi, 1934 -- valid -- Southern Tuco-tuco, Dune Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys azarae Thomas, 1903 -- valid -- Azara's Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys boliviensis Waterhouse, 1848 -- valid -- Bolivian Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys bonettoi J. R. Contreras and Berry, 1982 -- valid -- Bonetto's Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville, 1826 -- valid -- Brazilian Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys colburni J. A. Allen, 1903 -- invalid -- Colburn's Tuco-tuco, White-bellied Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys conoveri Osgood, 1946 -- valid -- Chacoan Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys dorsalis Thomas, 1900 -- valid -- Black-backed Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys emilianus Thomas and St. Leger, 1926 -- valid -- Emilio's Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys frater Thomas, 1902 -- valid -- Reddish Tuco-tuco, Forest Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys fulvus Philippi, 1860 -- valid -- Tawny Tuco-tuco, Long-tailed Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys haigi Thomas, 1917 -- valid -- Haig's Tuco-tuco, Patagonian Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys knighti Thomas, 1919 -- valid -- Catamarca Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys latro Thomas, 1918 -- valid -- Mottled Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys leucodon Waterhouse, 1848 -- valid -- White-toothed Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys lewisi Thomas, 1926 -- valid -- Lewis' Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett, 1836 -- valid -- Magellanic Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys maulinus Philippi, 1872 -- valid -- Maule Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi, 1869 -- valid -- Mendoza Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys minutus Nehring, 1887 -- valid -- Tiny Tuco-tuco, Minute Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys nattereri Wagner, 1848 -- valid -- Natterer's Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys occultus Thomas, 1920 -- valid -- Furtive Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys opimus Wagner, 1848 -- valid -- Highland Tuco-tuco, Andean Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys pearsoni Lessa and Langguth, 1983 -- valid -- Pearson's Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys perrensis Thomas, 1896 -- invalid |
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Ctenomys peruanus Sanborn and Pearson, 1947 -- valid -- Peruvian Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys pontifex Thomas, 1918 -- valid -- San Luis Tuco-tuco, Brown Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys porteousi Thomas, 1916 -- valid -- Porteous's Tuco-tuco, Cinnamon Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys saltarius Thomas, 1912 -- valid -- Salta Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys sericeus J. A. Allen, 1903 -- valid -- Silky Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys sociabilis Pearson and Christie, 1985 -- valid -- Colonial Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys steinbachi Thomas, 1907 -- valid -- Steinbach's Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys talarum Thomas, 1898 -- valid -- Los Talas Tuco-tuco, Talas Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys torquatus Lichtenstein, 1830 -- valid -- Collared Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys tuconax Thomas, 1925 -- valid -- Robust Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys tucumanus Thomas, 1900 -- valid -- Tucumán Tuco-tuco |
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Ctenomys validus J. R. Contreras, Roig and Suzarte, 1977 -- invalid -- Guanacache Tuco-tuco, Guaymallen Tuco-tuco |
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Dactylomyinae Tate, 1935 -- invalid |
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Dactylomys I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838 -- valid |
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Dactylomys boliviensis Anthony, 1920 -- valid -- Bolivian Bamboo Rat |
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Dactylomys dactylinus (Desmarest, 1817) -- valid -- Amazon Bamboo Rat |
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Dactylomys peruanus J. A. Allen, 1900 -- valid -- Montane Bamboo Rat |
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Dasyprocta Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- agoutis |
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Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823 -- valid -- Azara's Agouti |
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Dasyprocta coibae Thomas, 1902 -- valid -- Coiban Agouti |
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Dasyprocta cristata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) -- invalid -- Crested Agouti |
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Dasyprocta fuliginosa Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- Black Agouti |
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Dasyprocta guamara Ojasti, 1972 -- valid -- Orinoco Agouti |
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Dasyprocta kalinowskii Thomas, 1897 -- valid -- Kalinowski's Agouti |
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Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red-rumped Agouti, Common Red-rumped Agouti |
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Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure, 1860 -- valid -- Mexican Agouti, Guaqueque mexicano |
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Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler, 1831 -- valid -- Black-rumped Agouti |
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Dasyprocta punctata Gray, 1842 -- valid -- Central American Agouti, Guaqueque centroamericano |
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Dasyprocta ruatanica Thomas, 1901 -- valid -- Roatán Island Agouti |
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Dasyproctidae Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- agoutis, acouchys |
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Dinomyidae Peters, 1873 -- valid -- pacarana |
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Dinomys Peters, 1873 -- valid |
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Dinomys branickii Peters, 1873 -- valid -- Pacarana |
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Diplomys Thomas, 1916 -- valid |
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Diplomys caniceps (Günther, 1877) -- valid -- Colombian Soft-furred Spiny-rat, Colombian Rufous Tree-rat |
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Diplomys labilis (Bangs, 1901) -- valid -- Rufous Soft-furred Spiny-rat, Central American Rufous Tree-rat |
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Diplomys rufodorsalis (J. A. Allen, 1899) -- invalid -- Red Crested Soft-furred Spiny-rat |
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Dolichotinae Pocock, 1922 -- valid -- maras |
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Dolichotis Desmarest, 1820 -- valid |
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Dolichotis patagonum (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- Patagonian Mara |
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Dolichotis salinicola Burmeister, 1876 -- invalid -- Chacoan Mara |
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Echimyidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- hutias, South American spiny-rats, coypu |
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Echimyinae Gray, 1825 -- valid |
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Echimys G. Cuvier, 1809 -- valid |
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Echimys blainvillei (F. Cuvier, 1837) -- invalid |
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Echimys braziliensis (Waterhouse, 1848) -- invalid |
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Echimys chrysurus (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- White-faced Spiny Tree-rat, White-faced Tree-rat |
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Echimys dasythrix (Hensel, 1872) -- invalid |
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Echimys grandis (Wagner, 1845) -- invalid |
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Echimys lamarum (Thomas, 1916) -- invalid |
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Echimys macrurus (Wagner, 1842) -- invalid |
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Echimys nigrispinus (Wagner, 1842) -- invalid |
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Echimys pictus (Pictet, 1841) -- invalid |
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Echimys rhipidurus Thomas, 1928 -- invalid |
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Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 -- valid -- Dark Spiny Tree-rat, Dark Tree-rat |
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Echimys semivillosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838) -- invalid -- Speckled Spiny Tree-rat |
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Echimys thomasi (Ihering, 1871) -- invalid |
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Echimys unicolor (Wagner, 1842) -- invalid |
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Echinoprocta Gray, 1865 -- invalid |
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Echinoprocta rufescens Gray, 1865 -- invalid -- Stump-tailed Porcupine |
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Elasmodontomys Anthony, 1916 -- valid |
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Elasmodontomys obliquus Anthony, 1916 -- valid -- Plate-toothed Giant Hutia |
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Erethizon F. Cuvier, 1823 -- valid |
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Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- porcupine, common porcupine, porc-épic d'Amérique, Puercoespín norteamericano |
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Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 -- valid -- New World porcupines |
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Eumysopinae Rusconi, 1935 -- invalid |
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Euryzygomatomys Goeldi, 1901 -- valid |
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Euryzygomatomys spinosus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1814) -- valid -- Guiara |
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Galea Meyen, 1832 -- valid |
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Galea flavidens (Brandt, 1835) -- valid -- Brazilian Yellow-toothed Cavy, Eastern Yellow-toothed Cavy |
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Galea musteloides Meyen, 1833 -- valid -- Common Yellow-toothed Cavy, Highland Yellow-toothed Cavy |
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Galea spixii (Wagler, 1831) -- valid -- Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy |
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Geocapromys Chapman, 1901 -- valid |
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Geocapromys brownii (J. Fischer, 1830) -- valid -- Jamaician Hutia |
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Geocapromys ingrahami (J. A. Allen, 1891) -- valid -- Bahamian Hutia, Ingraham's Hutia |
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Geocapromys thoracatus (True, 1889) -- valid -- Swan Island Hutia |
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Georychus Illiger, 1811 -- valid |
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Georychus capensis (Pallas, 1778) -- valid -- Cape Mole-rat, Cape Blesmol |
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Heliophobius Peters, 1846 -- valid |
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Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846 -- valid -- Silvery Mole-rat, Silky Mole-rat |
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Heptaxodontidae Anthony, 1917 -- valid |
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Heptaxodontinae Anthony, 1917 -- valid |
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Heterocephalus Rüppell, 1842 -- valid |
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Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842 -- valid -- Naked Mole-rat, Desert Mole Rat, Sand Puppy |
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Heteropsomyinae Anthony, 1917 -- valid |
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Heteropsomys Anthony, 1916 -- valid |
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Heteropsomys antillensis (Anthony, 1917) -- valid -- Antillean Cave Rat |
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Heteropsomys insulans Anthony, 1916 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Cave Rat |
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Hexolobodon Miller, 1929 -- valid |
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Hexolobodon phenax Miller, 1929 -- valid -- Imposter Hutia |
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Hexolobodontinae Woods, 1989 -- valid |
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Hoplomys J. A. Allen, 1908 -- valid |
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Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897) -- valid -- Armored Rat |
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Hydrochaeridae Gray, 1825 -- invalid |
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Hydrochaeris Brünnich, 1772 -- invalid |
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Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid |
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Hystricidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- Old World porcupines |
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Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855 -- valid -- hystricognath rodents |
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Hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid |
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Hystrix africaeaustralis Peters, 1852 -- valid -- Cape Porcupine, Cape Crested Porcupine, South African Porcupine |
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Hystrix brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Malayan Porcupine, Himalayan Crestless Porcupine |
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Hystrix crassispinis Günther, 1877 -- valid -- Thick-spined Porcupine, Borneo Short-tailed Porcupine |
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Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Crested Porcupine, North African Crested Porcupine |
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Hystrix indica Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- Indian Crested Porcupine, White-tailed Porcupine |
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Hystrix javanica F. Cuvier, 1823 -- valid -- Sunda Porcupine, Javan Porcupine |
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Hystrix pumila Günther, 1879 -- valid -- Indonesian Porcupine, Philippine Porcupine, Palawan Porcupine, Philippine Short-tailed Porcupine |
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Hystrix sumatrae (Lyon, 1907) -- valid -- Sumatran Porcupine, Sumatran Short-tailed Porcupine |
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Isolobodon J. A. Allen, 1916 -- valid -- Puerto Rican hutias |
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Isolobodon montanus (Miller, 1922) -- valid -- Montane Hutia |
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Isolobodon portoricensis J. A. Allen, 1916 -- valid -- Puerto Rico hutia, Puerto Rican Hutia |
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Isolobodontinae Woods, 1989 -- valid |
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Isothrix Wagner, 1845 -- valid |
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Isothrix bistriata Wagner, 1845 -- valid -- Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat |
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Isothrix pagurus Wagner, 1845 -- valid -- Plain Brush-tailed Rat |
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Kannabateomys Jentink, 1891 -- valid |
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Kannabateomys amblyonyx (Wagner, 1845) -- valid -- Atlantic Bamboo Rat |
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Kerodon F. Cuvier, 1825 -- valid |
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Kerodon rupestris (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) -- valid -- Rock Cavy |
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Lagidium Meyen, 1833 -- valid |
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Lagidium peruanum Meyen, 1833 -- invalid -- Northern Mountain Viscacha |
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Lagidium viscacia (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- Southern Moutain Viscacha, Common Moutain Viscacha |
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Lagidium wolffsohni (Thomas, 1907) -- valid -- Wolffsohn's Mountain Viscacha |
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Lagostomus Brookes, 1828 -- valid |
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Lagostomus maximus (Desmarest, 1817) -- valid -- Argentine Plains Viscacha, Plains Viscacha |
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Lonchothrix Thomas, 1920 -- valid |
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Lonchothrix emiliae Thomas, 1920 -- valid -- Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree Rat |
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Makalata Husson, 1978 -- valid |
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Makalata armata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838) -- invalid |
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Mesocapromys Varona, 1970 -- valid |
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Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979) -- valid -- Cabrera's Hutia |
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Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970) -- valid -- Large-eared Hutia, Eared Hutia |
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Mesocapromys nanus (G. M. Allen, 1917) -- valid -- Dwarf Hutia |
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Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona and Garrido, 1970) -- valid -- San Felipe Hutia |
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Mesomys Wagner, 1845 -- valid |
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Mesomys didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) -- invalid |
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Mesomys hispidus (Desmarest, 1817) -- valid -- Ferreira's Spiny Tree-rat |
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Mesomys leniceps Thomas, 1926 -- valid -- Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat, Long-haired Spiny Tree-rat |
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Mesomys obscurus (Wagner, 1840) -- invalid |
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Mesomys stimulax Thomas, 1911 -- valid -- Pará Spiny Tree-rat |
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Microcavia H. Gervais and Ameghino, 1880 -- valid |
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Microcavia australis (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and d'Orbigny, 1833) -- valid -- Southern Mountain Cavy |
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Microcavia niata (Thomas, 1898) -- valid -- Andean Mountain Cavy, Northern Mountain Cavy |
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Microcavia shiptoni (Thomas, 1925) -- valid -- Shipton's Mountain Cavy |
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Myocastor Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- nutrias |
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Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- nutria, nutria, coypu, Coypu |
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Myocastoridae Ameghino, 1902 -- invalid -- nutrias |
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Myoprocta Thomas, 1903 -- valid -- acouchys |
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Myoprocta acouchy (Erxleben, 1777) -- valid -- Red Acouchi, Red Acouchy |
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Myoprocta exilis (Wagler, 1831) -- invalid |
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Mysateles Lesson, 1842 -- valid |
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Mysateles garridoi (Varona, 1970) -- valid -- Garrido's Hutia, Garrido Tree Hutia |
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Mysateles gundlachi (Chapman, 1901) -- invalid |
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Mysateles melanurus (Poey, 1865) -- invalid |
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Mysateles meridionalis (Varona, 1986) -- invalid -- Southern Hutia |
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Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824) -- valid -- Prehensile-tailed Hutia |
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Octodon Bennett, 1832 -- valid -- degus |
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Octodon bridgesi Waterhouse, 1845 -- invalid -- Bridges's Degu |
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Octodon degus (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- Degu, Common Degu |
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Octodon lunatus Osgood, 1943 -- valid -- Moon-toothed Degu, Coastal Degu |
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Octodontidae Waterhouse, 1840 -- valid -- viscacha rats, degus, rock rats, coruro |
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Octodontomys Palmer, 1903 -- valid |
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Octodontomys gliroides (Gervais and d'Orbigny, 1844) -- valid -- Mountain Degu |
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Octomys Thomas, 1920 -- valid |
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Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920 -- valid -- Viscacha Rat, Common Viscacha Rat |
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Olallamys Emmons, 1988 -- valid |
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Olallamys albicauda (Günther, 1879) -- valid -- White-tailed Olalla Rat |
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Olallamys edax (Thomas, 1916) -- valid -- Greedy Olalla Rat |
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Petromuridae Tullberg, 1899 -- valid -- noki |
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Petromus A. Smith, 1831 -- valid -- dassie rat, noki |
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Petromus typicus A. Smith, 1831 -- valid -- Dassie Rat, Noki, Rock Rat |
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Plagiodontia F. Cuvier, 1836 -- valid |
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Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier, 1836 -- valid -- Hispaniolan Hutia |
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Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964 -- valid -- Wide-toothed Hutia |
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Plagiodontia ipnaeum Johnson, 1948 -- valid -- Samana Hutia |
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Plagiodontinae Ellerman, 1940 -- invalid |
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Proechimys J. A. Allen, 1899 -- valid |
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Proechimys albispinus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838) -- invalid |
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Proechimys amphichoricus Moojen, 1948 -- invalid |
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Proechimys bolivianus Thomas, 1901 -- invalid |
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Proechimys brevicauda (Günther, 1877) -- valid -- Short-tailed Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys canicollis (J. A. Allen, 1899) -- valid -- Colombian Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys cayennensis (Desmarest, 1817) -- invalid |
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Proechimys chrysaeolus (Thomas, 1898) -- valid -- Boyacá Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys cuvieri Petter, 1978 -- valid -- Cuvier's Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys decumanus (Thomas, 1899) -- valid -- Pacific Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys dimidiatus (Günther, 1877) -- invalid |
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Proechimys goeldii Thomas, 1905 -- valid -- Goeldi's Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys gorgonae Bangs, 1905 -- invalid |
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Proechimys guairae Thomas, 1901 -- valid -- Guaira Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys gularis Thomas, 1911 -- invalid |
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Proechimys hendeei Thomas, 1926 -- invalid |
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Proechimys hoplomyoides Tate, 1939 -- valid -- Guyanan Spiny-rat, Guianan Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys iheringi Thomas, 1911 -- invalid |
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Proechimys longicaudatus (Rengger, 1830) -- valid -- Long-tailed Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys magdalenae Hershkovitz, 1948 -- invalid -- Magdalena Spiny Rat |
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Proechimys mincae (J. A. Allen, 1899) -- valid -- Minca Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys myosuros (Lichtenstein, 1820) -- invalid |
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Proechimys oconnelli J. A. Allen, 1913 -- valid -- O'Connell's Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys oris Thomas, 1904 -- invalid |
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Proechimys poliopus Osgood, 1914 -- invalid -- Gray-footed Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys quadruplicatus Hershkovitz, 1948 -- valid -- Napo Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys semispinosus (Tomes, 1860) -- valid -- Tome's Spiny-rat, Tomes's Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys setosus (Desmarest, 1817) -- invalid |
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Proechimys simonsi Thomas, 1900 -- valid -- Simon's Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys steerei Goldman, 1911 -- valid -- Steere's Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys trinitatis (J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1893) -- valid -- Trinidad Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys urichi (J. A. Allen, 1899) -- invalid -- Sucre Spiny-rat |
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Proechimys warreni Thomas, 1905 -- invalid |
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Puertoricomys Woods, 1989 -- valid |
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Puertoricomys corozalus (Williams and Koopman, 1951) -- valid |
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Quemisia Miller, 1929 -- valid |
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Quemisia gravis Miller, 1929 -- valid -- Twisted-toothed Giant Hutia |
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Rhizoplagiodontia Woods, 1989 -- valid |
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Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei Woods, 1989 -- valid -- Lemke's Hutia |
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Spalacopus Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- Coruro |
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Spalacopus cyanus (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- Coruro |
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Sphiggurus F. Cuvier, 1825 -- invalid |
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Sphiggurus insidiosus (Lichtenstein, 1818) -- invalid |
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Sphiggurus mexicanus (Kerr, 1792) -- invalid -- Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Puercoespín mexicano |
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Sphiggurus pallidus (Waterhouse, 1848) -- invalid |
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Sphiggurus spinosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) -- invalid -- Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine |
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Sphiggurus vestitus (Thomas, 1899) -- invalid -- Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine |
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Sphiggurus villosus (F. Cuvier, 1823) -- invalid -- Orange-spined Hairy Dwarf Porcupine |
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Thecurus Lyon, 1907 -- invalid |
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Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880 -- valid |
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Thrichomys apereoides (Lund, 1839) -- valid -- Common Punaré, Lagoa Santa Punare |
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Thryonomyidae Pocock, 1922 -- valid -- cane rats |
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Thryonomys Fitzinger, 1867 -- valid |
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Thryonomys gregorianus (Thomas, 1894) -- valid -- Lesser Cane Rat |
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Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827) -- valid -- Greater Cane Rat, Grass Cutter, Marsh Cane Rat |
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Trichys Günther, 1877 -- valid |
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Trichys fasciculata (Shaw, 1801) -- valid -- Long-tailed Porcupine, Asian Long-tailed Porcupine |
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Tympanoctomys Yepes, 1941 -- valid -- viscacha rats |
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Tympanoctomys barrerae (Lawrence, 1941) -- valid -- Red Viscacha-rat, Red Viscacha Rat |
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