Pattonomys
| Pattonomys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Octodontoidea |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Pattonomys Emmons, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Nelomys semivillosus I. Geoffroy, 1838 | |
| Species | |
Pattonomys is a genus of rodent in the family Echimyidae, named after American mammalogist James L. Patton. It contains the following species:
- Bare-tailed armored tree-rat (Pattonomys occasius)
- Speckled spiny tree-rat (Pattonomys semivillosus)