Pictures and facts about the Southern bamboo rats

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Animals / Mammals / Rodentia (1987) / Hystricognathi (228) / Echimyidae (78) / Dactylomyinae (6) / Kannabateomys (1)

Genus Kannabateomys
contains 1 species

Atlantic bamboo rat (1 fact)

Subfamily Dactylomyinae contains 3 genera

Dactylomys (3 species)

Kannabateomys (1 species)

Olallamys (2 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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