Callistomys Emmons and Vucetich 1998 (spiny rat)
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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
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lagoa Santa (Quaternary of Brazil)
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