Echimyinae Gray 1825

Echimyinae Gray 1825, Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 341.

Synonyms: Loncherinae Thomas 1896 .

Genera: 6 genera with 29 species:

Genus Callistomys Emmons and Vucetich 1998 (1 species)

Genus Diplomys Thomas 1916 (3 species)

Genus Echimys G. Cuvier 1809 (3 species)

Genus Isothrix Wagner 1845 (4 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Makalata Husson 1978 (6 species)

Genus Phyllomys Lund 1839 (12 species)

Discussion: Recent revisions by Emmons (1993 a), Emmons and Vucetich (1998), and Emmons et al. (2002) clarified the taxonomy and systematics of this subfamily. Molecular data (Leite and Patton, 2002) do not support the monopyly of this subfamily. L. Emmons (pers. comm.) is completing a further revision.