Spiny rat may refer to:
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Echimyidae
Echimyidae is the family of neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich family of hystricognath rodents. It is probably also the most ecologically diverse, with members ranging from fully arboreal to ter ...
, the Neotropical spiny rats, a family of South and Central American
caviomorph rodents
or any of the following genera or species of tropical or subtropical east Asian or Australasian rats of subfamily
Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families ex ...
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Echiothrix'', a rat genus from Sulawesi
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Maxomys'', a genus of Southeast Asian rats
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Large New Guinea spiny rat
The large New Guinea spiny rat (''Rattus praetor'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands a ...
(''Rattus praetor''), a rat species from New Guinea and nearby islands
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Small spiny rat or Stein's rat (''Rattus steini''), a rat species from New Guinea
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Mindanao spiny rat
The spiny long-footed rat (''Tarsomys echinatus''), also known as the Mindanao spiny rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Mindanao, Philippines, in Bukidnon and South Cotabato provinces. It has been recorded in ...
(''Tarsomys echinatus'') from Mindanao
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Tokudaia'', a rat genus from the Ryukyu Islands
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