Diplomys

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Diplomys Temporal range: Recent

Diplomys caniceps
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. They are found in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama.

It contains the following species:

Arboreal Soft-furred Spiny Rat (Diplomys caniceps)
Rufous Tree Rat (Diplomys labilis)
Red Crested Tree Rat (Diplomys rufodorsalis) – often placed in monotypic genus Santamartamys instead.

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.

Extant species of family Echimyidae (Spiny rats)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha

Dactylomyinae

Dactylomys	Bolivian Bamboo Rat (D. boliviensis) Amazon Bamboo Rat (D. dactylinus) Montane Bamboo Rat (D. peruanus)

Kannabateomys	Atlantic Bamboo Rat (K. amblyonyx)

Olallamys	White-tailed Olalla Rat (O. albicauda) Greedy Olalla Rat (O. edax)

Echimyinae

Callistomys	Painted Tree-rat (C. pictus)

Diplomys	Colombian Soft-furred Spiny-rat (D. caniceps) Rufous Soft-furred Spiny-rat (D. labilis) Red Crested Soft-furred Spiny-rat (D. rufodorsalis)

Echimys	White-faced Spiny Tree-rat (E. chrysurus) Dark Spiny Tree-rat (E. saturnus) Speckled Spiny Tree-rat (E. semivillosus)

Isothrix	Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (I. bistriata) Rio Negro Brush-tailed Rat (I. negrensis) Plain Brush-tailed Rat (I. pagurus) Sinnamary Brush-tailed Rat (I. sinnamariensis)

Makalata	Red-nosed Armored Tree-rat (M. didelphoides) Giant Armored Tree-rat (M. grandis) Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat (M. macrura) Dark Armored Tree Rat (M. obscura) Bare-tailed Armored Tree-rat (M. occasius) Peruvian Armored Tree-rat (M. rhipidura)

Phyllomys	Golden Atlantic Tree-rat (P. blainvillii) Orange-brown Atlantic Tree-rat (P. brasiliensis) Drab Atlantic Tree-rat (P. dasythrix) Kerr's Atlantic Tree-rat (P. kerri) Pallid Atlantic Tree-rat (P. lamarum) Lund's Atlantic Tree-rat (P. lundi) Mantiqueira Atlantic Tree-rat (P. mantiqueirensis) Long-furred Atlantic Tree-rat (P. medius) Blacked-spined Atlantic Tree-rat (P. nigrispinus) Rusty-sided Atlantic Tree-rat (P. pattoni) Giant Atlantic Tree-rat (P. thomasi) Short-furred Atlantic Tree-rat (P. unicolor)

Eumysopinae

Carterodon	Owl's Spiny Rat (C. sulcidens)

Clyomys	Bishop's Fossorial Spiny Rat (C. bishopi) Broad-headed Spiny Rat (C. laticeps)

Euryzygomatomys	Brandt's Guiara (E. guiara) Fischer's Guiara (E. spinosus)

Hoplomys	Armored Rat (H. gymnurus)

Lonchothrix	Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree Rat (L. emiliae)

Mesomys	Ferreira's Spiny Tree-rat (M. hispidus) Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat (M. leniceps) Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat (M. occultus) Pará Spiny Tree Rat (M. stimulax)

Proechimys	Short-tailed Spiny-rat (P. brevicauda) Colombian Spiny-rat (P. canicollis) Boyacá Spiny Rat (P. chrysaeolus) Cuvier's Spiny-rat (P. cuvieri) Pacific Spiny-rat (P. decumanus) Stiff-spine Spiny-rat (P. echinothrix) Gardner's Spiny-rat (P. gardneri) Goeldi's Spiny-rat (P. goeldii) Guaira Spiny-rat (P. guairae) Guyenne Spiny-rat (P. guyannensis) Guyanan Spiny-rat (P. hoplomyoides) Kulina Spiny-rat (P. kulinae) Long-tailed Spiny-rat (P. longicaudatus) Magdalena Spiny Rat (P. magdalenae) Minca Spiny Rat (P. mincae) O'Connell's Spiny-rat (P. oconnelli) Patton's Spiny-rat (P. pattoni) Gray-footed Spiny-rat (P. poliopus) Napo Spiny-rat (P. quadruplicatus) Roberto's Spiny-rat (P. roberti) Tome's Spiny-rat (P. semispinosus) Simon's Spiny-rat (P. simonsi) Steere's Spiny-rat (P. steerei) Trinidad Spiny-rat (P. trinitatus) Sucre Spiny-rat (P. urichi)

Thrichomys	Common Punaré (T. apereoides) Highlands Punaré (T. inermis) Paraguayan Punaré (T. pachyurus)

Trinomys	White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. albispinus) Soft-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. dimidiatus) Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. eliasi) Gracile Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. gratiosus) Ihering's Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. iheringi) Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. mirapitanga) Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. moojeni) Mouse-tailed Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. myosuros) Spiked Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. paratus) Hairy Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. setosus) Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat (T. yonenagae)

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