Echimyidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Thomas E. Lacher, Jr Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2016 2016-07-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I 552 604 book chapter 67690 10.5281/zenodo.6623649 5be7e52f-9b9c-4c03-99ed-f346bbcde1d0 978-84-941892-3-4 6623649 Family ECHIMYIDAE (HUTIAS, SOUTH AMERICAN SPINY-RATS AND COYPU) • Small to large rodents; omnivorous or herbivorous, with highly variable cheekteeth morphologies; spiny, harsh, or soft pelages; and locomotion includes arboreal, terrestrial, semi-fossorial, semi-aquatic, and scansorial lineages. • • 20-100 cm. • Neotropical Region. • Lowland and highland forested habitats, lowland open dry habitats, and wetlands. • 27 genera, 99 species, at least 130 extant taxa. • 6 species Critically Endangered, 10 species Endangered, b species Vulnerable; 10 Extinct since 1600.