Dactylomys

Dactylomys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Dactylomys
I. Geoffroy, 1838
Type species
Dactylomys typus
Species

Dactylomys boliviensis
Dactylomys dactylinus
Dactylomys peruanus

Synonyms

Lachnomys Thomas, 1916

Dactylomys is the genus of South American bamboo rats They are arboreal members of the family Echimyidae.

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