Family

Spiny Rats and Hutias

Echimyidae

3 species in our catalog · found in 2 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderRodentia (Rodents)
FamilyEchimyidae (Spiny Rats and Hutias)

Species in this group

Hoplomys gymnurus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Proechimys semispinosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Diplomys labilis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

~10%

Feb

<5%

Mar

<5%

Apr

<5%

May

<5%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Spiny Rats and Hutias

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 60 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	2 of 3	~10%
	Tome's Spiny Rat			~10%
	Rufous Tree Rat			~10%
2	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 3	~10%
	Armored Rat			~10%

Spiny Rats and Hutias

Species in this group

Armored Rat

Tome's Spiny Rat

Rufous Tree Rat

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Spiny Rats and Hutias

Parks Ranked