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FAMILY Erethizontidae

Author:Bonaparte, 1845.
Citation:Cat. Meth. Mamm. Europe: 5.
Comments:Spelled Erithizontidae by Corbet and Hill (1980:189); but see comments under Erethizon. Extinct forms date to the Oligocene of South America. Not included in the parvorder Caviida with the other New World Hystricognathi by McKenna and Bell (1997) but placement into a New World clade well supported by molecular data (Huchon and Douzery, 2001; Nedbal et al., 1994).
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SUBFAMILY Chaetomyinae

GENUS Chaetomys

SPECIES subspinosus

SUBFAMILY Erethizontinae

GENUS Coendou

SPECIES bicolor

SUBSPECIES bicolor

SUBSPECIES quichua

SUBSPECIES richardsoni

SUBSPECIES simonsi

SPECIES nycthemera

SPECIES prehensilis

SPECIES rothschildi

GENUS Echinoprocta

SPECIES rufescens

GENUS Erethizon

SPECIES dorsata

SUBSPECIES dorsata

SUBSPECIES bruneri

SUBSPECIES couesi

SUBSPECIES epixanthus

SUBSPECIES myops

SUBSPECIES nigrescens

SUBSPECIES picinum

GENUS Sphiggurus

SPECIES ichillus

SPECIES insidiosus

SPECIES melanurus

SPECIES mexicanus

SUBSPECIES mexicanus

SUBSPECIES laenatus

SUBSPECIES yucataniae

SPECIES pruinosus

SPECIES roosmalenorum

SPECIES spinosus

SPECIES vestitus

SPECIES villosus

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