Echiothrix

Echiothrix Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (Echiothrix leucura)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Rattini
Genus:	Echiothrix Gray, 1867
Type species
Echiothrix leucura
Species
Echiothrix centrosa Echiothrix leucura

Echiothrix is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It contains the following species:

• Central Sulawesi echiothrix (Echiothrix centrosa)
• Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (Echiothrix leucura)

References

1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1320–1321. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

External links

• Media related to Echiothrix at Wikimedia Commons