Parent taxon: Octodontoidea according to L. Marivaux et al. 2017
See also Arnal and Vucetich 2015 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Abrocomidae, Acarechimys, Acaremyidae, Adelphomys, Capromyidae, Caviocricetus, Changquin, Chasichimys, Ctenomyidae, Deseadomys, Draconomys, Dudumus, Echimyidae, Eodelphomys, Eoespina, Eosachacui, Eosallamys, Ethelomys, Kannabateomys, Lapazomys, Leucokephalos, Llitun, Loretomys, Marisela, Mayomys, Migraveramus, Myocastoridae, Neophanomys, Octodontidae, Plesiacarechimys, Proechimys, Prospaniomys, Protacaremys, Protadelphomys, Sallamys, Selvamys, Spaniomys, Stichomys, Vallehermosomys, Xylechimys
Subtaxa: Paulacoutomys paulista
Type: Paulacoutomys paulista
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Fazenda Santa Fe ( of Brazil)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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