Genus of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
Diplomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae.
They are found in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama.
Systematics.
The genus contains the following species:
Phylogeny.
"Diplomys" is a member of the Echimyini clade of arboreal Echimyidae rodents. The closest relative of "Diplomys" is "Santamartamys", reflecting the fact that these taxa have once been classified in the same genus. These two genera constitute the sister group of the "Dactylomyines", a clade of South American bamboo rats. All these taxa are closely related to the genera "Echimys", "Phyllomys", "Makalata", "Pattonomys", and "Toromys". In turn, these genera share phylogenetic affinities with the clade containing "Lonchothrix" and "Mesomys", and with "Isothrix".
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