Echiothrix

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Echiothrix
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Echiothrix leucura.png
Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (Echiothrix leucura)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Echiothrix
Gray, 1867
Type species
Echiothrix leucura
Species

Echiothrix centrosa
Echiothrix leucura

Echiothrix is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] It contains the following species:

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References

  1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1320–1321. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.