Thrichomys apereoides
Thrichomys fosteri
Thrichomys inermis
Thrichomys laurentius
Thrichomys pachyurus
Thrichomys is a genus of South American rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains at least five species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[2][3] They are as follows:
The closest relatives of the genus Thrichomys are two clades consisting of pairs of Myocastorini genera: Callistomys (the painted tree-rat) and Myocastor (the coypu or nutria) in one clade, and Hoplomys (the armored rat) and Proechimys in the other.