Clyomys

Clyomys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Eumysopinae
Genus:	Clyomys Thomas, 1916
Type species
Echimys laticeps Thomas, 1909
Species
Clyomys bishopi Clyomys laticeps

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

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

References

1. ^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1582. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400463.