Echimys

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + μῦς (mûs, “mouse, rat”). === Proper noun === Echimys m A taxonomic genus within the family Echimyidae – the spiny tree-rats. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Hystricomorpha – suborder; Hystricognathi – infraorder; Caviomorpha – infraorder; Echimyidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Echimys chrysurus, Echimys saturnus, Echimys vierai (species) === References === Echimys on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Echimys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Echimys on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Echimys at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Echimys in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.