Dactylomys

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Dactylomys
Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Dactylomyinae
Genus: Dactylomys
Saint-Hilaire, 1838
Species

Dactylomys boliviensis (Bolivian bamboo rat)
Dactylomys dactylinus (Amazon bamboo rat)
Dactylomys peruanus (Peruvian bamboo rat)

Dactylomys is the genus of South American bamboo rats or coro-coros. Coro-coros are arboreal members of the family Echimyidae. This genus contains three species.

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