Diplomys

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Diplomys Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Echimyidae Subfamily: Echimyinae Genus: Diplomys Thomas, 1916
Species
Diplomys caniceps Diplomys labilis Diplomys rufodorsalis

Diplomys is a genus of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It contains the following species:

• Arboreal Soft-furred Spiny Rat (Diplomys caniceps)
• Rufous Tree Rat (Diplomys labilis)
• Red Crested Tree Rat (Diplomys rufodorsalis)

[edit] References

• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.