Biology:Punaré

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Punaré
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Thrichomys
Trouessart, 1880
Type species
Nelomys apereoides
Lund, 1839
Species

Thrichomys apereoides
Thrichomys fosteri
Thrichomys inermis
Thrichomys laurentius
Thrichomys pachyurus

Thrichomys distribution (colored).png

The punaré are all found in the genus Thrichomys. They are South American rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains at least five species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[2][3] They are as follows:

Phylogeny

The genus Thrichomys shares evolutionary affinities with two pairs of Myocastorini genera: Callistomys (the painted tree-rat) and Myocastor (the coypu or nutria) on the one hand, and Hoplomys (the armored rat) and Proechimys on the other hand.

Genus-level cladogram of the Myocastorini

References

Wikidata ☰ Q846023 entry