Thrichomys

Thrichomys is a genus of 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:

• Thrichomys apereoides - Common punaré
• Thrichomys fosteri - Foster's punaré
• Thrichomys inermis - Highlands punaré
• Thrichomys laurentius - Sao Lourenço punaré
• Thrichomys pachyurus - Paraguayan punaré

Thrichomys
Thrichomys apereoides
Scientific classification
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

Phylogeny

The closest relatives of the genus Thrichomys are two clades consisting of pairs of Myocastorini genera: Callistomys (the painted tree-rat) and Myocastor (the coypu or nutria) in one clade, and Hoplomys (the armored rat) and Proechimys in the other.

Genus-level cladogram of the Myocastorini

Myocastorini               Thrichomys (punaré)                       Callistomys (painted tree-rat)   Myocastor (nutria)             Hoplomys (armored rat)   Proechimys

The cladogram has been reconstructed from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA characters.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

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