Pictures and facts about the Hispaniolan spiny rats

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Animals / Mammals / Rodentia (1987) / Hystricognathi (228) / Echimyidae (78) / Heteropsomyinae (7) / Brotomys (2)

Genus Brotomys
contains 2 species

Haitian edible rat

Hispaniolan edible rat

Subfamily Heteropsomyinae contains 4 genera

Boromys (2 species)

Brotomys (2 species)

Heteropsomys (2 species)

Puertoricomys (1 species)

Echimyidae
contains 5 subfamilies

Chaetomyinae (1 species)

Dactylomyinae (6 species)

Echimyinae (20 species)

Eumysopinae (44 species)

Heteropsomyinae (7 species)

Hystricognathi contains 18 families

Bathyergidae (12 species)

Hystricidae (11 species)

Petromuridae (1 species)

Thryonomyidae (2 species)

Erethizontidae (12 species)

Chinchillidae (6 species)

Dinomyidae (1 species)

Caviidae (14 species)

Hydrochaeridae (1 species)

Dasyproctidae (13 species)

Agoutidae (2 species)

Ctenomyidae (38 species)

Octodontidae (9 species)

Abrocomidae (2 species)

Echimyidae (78 species)

Capromyidae (20 species)

Heptaxodontidae (5 species)

Myocastoridae (1 species)

Order Rodentia
contains 2 suborders

Sciurognathi (1759 species)

Hystricognathi (228 species)

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