South American giant rats pictures and facts
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South American giant rats
Animals
/ Mammals /
Rodentia
(1987) /
Sciurognathi
(1759) /
Muridae
(1300) /
Sigmodontinae
(409) /
Kunsia
(2)
Genus Kunsia
contains 2 species
Fossorial giant rat
(1 fact)
Woolly giant rat
(1 fact)
Subfamily Sigmodontinae contains 78 genera
Abrawayaomys (1 animal)
Aepeomys (2 animals)
Akodon (45 animals)
Andalgalomys (2 animals)
Andinomys (1 animal)
Anotomys (1 animal)
Auliscomys (4 animals)
Baiomys (2 animals)
Bibimys (3 animals)
Blarinomys (1 animal)
Bolomys (6 animals)
Calomys (9 animals)
Chelemys (2 animals)
Chibchanomys (1 animal)
Chilomys (1 animal)
Chinchillula (1 animal)
Chroeomys (2 animals)
Delomys (2 animals)
Eligmodontia (4 animals)
Euneomys (4 animals)
Galenomys (1 animal)
Geoxus (1 animal)
Graomys (3 animals)
Habromys (4 animals)
Hodomys (1 animal)
Holochilus (4 animals)
Ichthyomys (4 animals)
Irenomys (1 animal)
Isthmomys (2 animals)
Juscelinomys (1 animal)
Kunsia (2 animals)
Lenoxus (1 animal)
Megadontomys (3 animals)
Megalomys (2 animals)
Melanomys (3 animals)
Microryzomys (2 animals)
Neacomys (4 animals)
Nectomys (3 animals)
Nelsonia (2 animals)
Neotoma (20 animals)
Neotomodon (1 animal)
Neotomys (1 animal)
Nesoryzomys (4 animals)
Neusticomys (5 animals)
Notiomys (1 animal)
Nyctomys (1 animal)
Ochrotomys (1 animal)
Oecomys (13 animals)
Oligoryzomys (15 animals)
Onychomys (3 animals)
Oryzomys (36 animals)
Osgoodomys (1 animal)
Otonyctomys (1 animal)
Ototylomys (1 animal)
Oxymycterus (12 animals)
Peromyscus (51 animals)
Phaenomys (1 animal)
Phyllotis (13 animals)
Podomys (1 animal)
Podoxymys (1 animal)
Pseudoryzomys (1 animal)
Punomys (1 animal)
Reithrodon (1 animal)
Reithrodontomys (20 animals)
Rhagomys (1 animal)
Rheomys (4 animals)
Rhipidomys (14 animals)
Scapteromys (1 animal)
Scolomys (2 animals)
Scotinomys (2 animals)
Sigmodon (9 animals)
Sigmodontomys (1 animal)
Thomasomys (18 animals)
Tylomys (7 animals)
Wiedomys (1 animal)
Wilfredomys (2 animals)
Xenomys (1 animal)
Zygodontomys (2 animals)
Muridae
contains 17 subfamilies
Arvicolinae
(142 animals)
Calomyscinae
(6 animals)
Cricetinae
(18 animals)
Cricetomyinae
(6 animals)
Dendromurinae
(23 animals)
Gerbillinae
(109 animals)
Lophiomyinae
(1 animal)
Murinae
(519 animals)
Myospalacinae
(7 animals)
Mystromyinae
(1 animal)
Nesomyinae
(14 animals)
Otomyinae
(14 animals)
Petromyscinae
(5 animals)
Platacanthomyinae
(3 animals)
Rhizomyinae
(15 animals)
Sigmodontinae
(409 animals)
Spalacinae
(8 animals)
Sciurognathi contains 11 families
Aplodontidae (1 animal)
Sciuridae (272 animals)
Castoridae (2 animals)
Geomyidae (35 animals)
Heteromyidae (59 animals)
Dipodidae (51 animals)
Muridae (1300 animals)
Anomaluridae (7 animals)
Pedetidae (1 animal)
Ctenodactylidae (5 animals)
Myoxidae (26 animals)
Order Rodentia
contains 2 suborders
Sciurognathi
(1759 animals)
Hystricognathi
(228 animals)
South American giant rats
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Genus : Kunsia
Facts about the South American giant rats
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