Callistomys Emmons and Vucetich 1998 (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Parent taxon: Echimyinae according to G. E. Iack-Ximenes et al. 2005

See also Carvalho and Salles 2004

Sister taxa: Echimys, Makalata, Phyllomys

Subtaxa: Callistomys pictus

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lagoa Santa (Quaternary of Brazil)

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