After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Heteropsomyinae Anthony, 1917 [taxonomic history] |?- †Eosallamys simpsoni |--o †Sallamys Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1970; U.Olig. SA. | |?- †Sallamys? minutus | `-- †S. pascuali Hoffstetter & Lavocat, 1970 |-- †Protadelphomys Ameghino, 1902 [†Protadelphomys Ameghino, 1901 (nomen nudum), †Adelphomys (†Protadelphomys) Ameghino, 1902; †Gaimanomys Vucetich & Bond, 1984] L.Mioc. SA. |-- †Protacaremys Ameghino, 1902 [†Protacaremys Ameghino, 1901 (nomen nudum); †Acaremys (†Protacaremys) Ameghino, 1902; Eoctodon Ameghino, 1902; †Archaeocardia Ameghino, 1902; “Palaeocardia”] L.-M.Mioc. SA. |--o †Acarechimys Patterson, in J.L. Kraglievich, 1965; L.-M.Mioc. SA. | `-- †A. minutissimus |-- †Chasichimys Pascual, 1967; U.Mioc. SA. |-- †Pattersomys Pascual, 1967; U.Mioc. SA. |-- †Eumysops Ameghino, 1888 [non †Eumysops RW Wilson, 1935 (Rodentia: Myomorpha: Muroidea: †Simimyidae] [incl.? †Therydomyops Ameghino, 1906; Proaguti Ameghino, 1908] ?U.Mioc., L.Plioc., ?U.Plioc. SA. |-- Thrichomys apereoides (Lund, 1839) Trouessart, 1881 [Nelomys Lund, 1841 (non Nelomys F. Cuvier, 1837 (= Echimys G. Cuvier, 1809)); Thricomys Trouessart, 1897 (non Thricomys Trouessart, 1880, lapsus calami)] (punaré) |-- †Pampamys emmonsae Verzi, Vucetich & Montalvo, 1995; U.Mioc. SA. |-- †Palaeoechimys Spillman, 1949; Plioc.-?Pleist. SA |--o Proechimys J.A. Allen, 1899 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997; Pleist.-R. SA., CA. | |-- Proechimys J.A. Allen, 1899 sensu stricto [28] | `--o Trinomys Thomas, 1921 | |?- T. mirapitanga Lara, Patton & Hingst-Zaher, 2002 | |-- T. albispinus (I. Geoffroy, 1838) (Whitespined Spiny Rat) | |--+--o T. gratiosus (Günter) | | | |== T. g. gratiosus [paraphyletic] | | | `-- T. g. bonafidei | | `--+-- T. sp. | | `--+-- T. iheringi | | `-- T. dimidiatus | `--+-- T. yonenagae | |--o T. setosus (Desmarest, 1817) | | |-- T. s. setosus | | `--+-- T. s. elegans | | `-- T. s. denigratus | `--+-- T. paratus | `-- T. eliasi |-- Euryzygomatomys spinosus Goeldi, 1901; Pleist.-R. SA. (guiara) |--o †Boromys Miller, 1916; Pleist. Carib. [Cuba & Isle of Pine] | |-- †B. offella (Larger Cuban Spiny Rat) | `-- †B. torrei (Smaller Cuban Spiny Rat) |--o †Heteropsomys Anthony, 1916 [incl.? †Homopsomys Anthony, 1917] Pleist. Carib. [Puerto Rico & Vieques Island] | |-- †H. antillensis (Large Puerto Rican Spiny Rat) | `-- †H. insulans (Hutia-like Puerto Rican Spiny Rat) |--o †Brotomys Miller, 1916; Pleist.-?R. Carib. [Hispaniola & La Gonave Island] | |-- †B. contractus (Smaller Hispaniolan Spiny Rat) | `-- †B. voratus (Larger Hispaniolan Spiny Rat) |-- Carterodon sulcidens (Lund, 1841) Waterhouse, 1848; Pleist-R. SA. (pöllörotta) |-- †Puertoricomys corozalus Woods, 1989; Pleist. Carib. [Puerto Rico] (Old Puerto Rican Spiny Rat) |--o Clyomys Thomas, 1916; U.Pleist.-R. SA. | |-- C. bishopi (Bishop's Spiny Rat) | `-- C. laticeps |-- Lonchothrix emiliae Thomas, 1920; R. SA. (Tufted-tailed Spiny Rat) |-- Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897) J.A. Allen, 1908; R. SA. CA. (paksupiikkirotta) `--o Mesomys Wagner, 1945; R. SA. (Spiny tree rats; puupiikkirotat) [5] |-- M. didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) (Spiny Tree Rat 1) |-- M. hispidus (Desmarest, 1817) (Spiny Tree Rat 2) |-- M. leniceps Thomas, 1926 (Peru Spiny Tree Rat) |-- M. obscurus (Wagner, 1840) (Spiny Tree Rat 3) `-- M. stimulax Thomas, 1911 (Central Brazil Spiny Tree Rat)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Lara, M. C. & Patton, J. L., 2000: Evolutionary diversification of spiny rats (genus Trinomys, Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.
–Zoological Journal of Linnean Society: Vol. 130, #4, pp. 661-186 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629