Spiny Rat

Spiny rat may refer to:

  • Echimyidae, a family of South and Central American rats known as "spiny rats"
  • Echiothrix, a rat genus from Sulawesi
  • Maxomys, a genus of Southeast Asian rats
  • Large New Guinea spiny rat (Rattus praetor), a rat species from New Guinea and nearby islands
  • Small spiny rat or Stein's rat (Rattus steini), a rat species from New Guinea
  • Mindanao spiny rat (Tarsomys echinatus) from Mindanao
  • Tokudaia, a rat genus from the Ryukyu Islands


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