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Monotypic taxon: Subfamily Chaetomyinae Thomas, 1897 - thin-spined "porcupine" (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Erethizontidae

Original position

Erethizontidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Subsequent entries

Chaetomys (Genus) Gray, 1843

Current position

Erethizontidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1845

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 193.

Alternative positions

Echimyidae (Family) Gray, 1825

Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 789.

Historical positions

*Erethizontidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 193.
*Echimyidae* (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 789.
*Erethizontidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1051.
*Erethizontidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1845	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	C.A. Woods	[1g;1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s

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