Mesomys

Mesomys Temporal range: Recent
Mesomys hispidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Eumysopinae
Genus:	Mesomys Wagner, 1845
Species
Mesomys hispidus Mesomys leniceps Mesomys occultus Mesomys stimulax

Mesomys is a genus of South American spiny rats in the family Echimyidae.^[1]

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.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400472.