Guiara

Euryzygomatomys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Eumysopinae
Genus: Euryzygomatomys
Goeldi, 1901
Type species
Rattus spinosus
G. Fischer, 1814
Species

E. guiara
E. spinosus

The guiara are found in the genus Euryzygomatomys. It is a South American rodent genus in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains two species, found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. They are as follows:

References

  1. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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