NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2010

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Eumysopinae
  Family - Echimyidae
  Infraorder - Hystricognathi
  Suborder - Hystricomorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Proechimys brevicauda
      Species - Proechimys canicollis
      Species - Proechimys chrysaeolus
      Species - Proechimys cuvieri
      Species - Proechimys decumanus
      Species - Proechimys goeldii
      Species - Proechimys guairae
      Species - Proechimys hoplomyoides
      Species - Proechimys longicaudatus
      Species - Proechimys magdalenae
      Species - Proechimys mincae
      Species - Proechimys oconnelli
      Species - Proechimys poliopus
      Species - Proechimys quadruplicatus
      Species - Proechimys semispinosus
      Species - Proechimys simonsi
      Species - Proechimys steerei
      Species - Proechimys trinitatis
      Species - Proechimys urichi
      Species - Proechimys echinothrix
      Species - Proechimys gardneri
      Species - Proechimys guyannensis
      Species - Proechimys kulinae
      Species - Proechimys pattoni
      Species - Proechimys roberti