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Hystricomorpha
hystricognath rodents



  • Gorgona spiny rat
    Proechimys semispinosus
  • coruro
    Spalacopus cyanus
  • Bahia hairy dwarf porcupine
    Sphiggurus insidiosus

  • Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine
    Sphiggurus mexicanus
  • lesser cane rat
    Thryonomys gregorianus
  • greater cane rat
    Thryonomys swinderianus

  • long-tailed porcupine
    Trichys fasciculata
  • plains viscacha rat
    Tympanoctomys barrerae



To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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