Chaetomys Gray, 1843

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 789-790

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Chaetomys Gray, 1843 . List Specimens Mamm. Coll. Brit. Mus., p. 123.

TYPE SPECIES: Hystrix subspinosus Olfers, 1818 .

SYNONYMS: Plectrochoerus .

COMMENTS: Formerly included in Erethizontidae ; see Patterson and Wood (1982). Retained in Erethizontidae by Corbet and Hill (1991:200).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Echimyidae

Chaetomys Gray, 1843

Charles A. Woods 1993

1993

Chaetomys

Gray 1843: 123

1843

Specimens

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