Owl's spiny rat [SEP] parent taxon
Owl's spiny rat
Owl's spiny rat, "Carterodon sulcidens", is a rodent species from South America in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Carterodon.
Phylogeny.
The genus "Carterodon" is the sister group to the family Capromyidae (hutias). In turn, this clade shares evolutionary affinities with some genera of spiny rats belonging to the subfamily Euryzygomatomyinae.
Analyses of craniodental characters proposed that "Carterodon" may be associated with "Clyomys
", in 1999.
- one species of spiny rat, "Phyllomys pattoni", in 2002.
- two species of oryzomyine rodents, "Oryzomys acritus", in 2005, and "Oecomys sydandersoni", in 2009.
- one species of rat, "Pithecheirops otion", in 1993.
- one species of didelphid marsupial, "", in 2012.
She also introduced the new taxon name "Olallamys" for a genus of spiny rats.
Taxonomic patronym.
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