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 terr ...
, the Neotropical spiny rats, a family of South and Central American
caviomorph
Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was for a time considered to be a separate order outside the Rodentia, but is now accepted as ...
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 excep ...
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Echiothrix
''Echiothrix'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Paci ...
'', a rat genus from Sulawesi
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Maxomys
''Maxomys'' is a genus of rodents, widespread in Southeast Asia. They are mid-sized rodents, similar to rats, that live on the ground of tropical rainforests. There they build nests, padded with fallen leaves from trees. They feed on roots, falle ...
'', a genus of Southeast Asian rats
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Large New Guinea spiny rat (''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 (''Tarsomys echinatus'') from Mindanao
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Tokudaia
''Tokudaia'' is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan. Known as Ryūkyū spiny rats or spinous country-rats, population groups exist on several non-contiguous islands. Despite differences in name and appearance, they are the closest living rel ...
'', a rat genus from the Ryukyu Islands
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