Echimys G. Cuvier 1809

Echimys G. Cuvier 1809, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 24: 394.

Type Species: Myoxus chrysurus Zimmermann 1780

Synonyms: Echinomys Wagner 1840; Loncheres Illiger 1811; Nelomys Jourdan 1837 .

Species and subspecies: 3 species:

Species Echimys chrysurus (Zimmermann 1780)

Species Echimys saturnus Thomas 1928

Species Echimys semivillosus I. Geoffroy 1838

Discussion: Formerly included pictus by some authors (e.g., Pictet, 1843; Goldman, 1916; Thomas, 1916 e, f; Tate, 1935; Moojen, 1952), now in genus Callistomys (see account above); armatus, grandis, macrurus, and rhipidurus, which are now placed in the genus Makalata (see that account); and blainvillei, braziliensis, dasythrix, lamarum, nigrispinus, thomasi, and unicolor, which are now placed in the genus Phyllomys (see that account and Emmons et al., 2002). The genus is under review by L. Emmons (pers. comm.), and generic assignment of the species listed is likely to change.