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Any of certain caviomorph rodents of the family Echimyidae, especially of genus Proechimys, that resemble rats and have stiff, pointed hairs, or spines.

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spiny rat

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spiny rat

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トゲネズミ：エキミイデ科に属する、ネズミに似た齧歯類で、硬く先のとがった毛（棘）のような特徴を持つ動物

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A spiny rat foraged among the leaf litter, its stiff hairs bristling whenever a predator approached.

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トゲネズミが落ち葉の間で餌を探し、捕食者が近づくたびに硬く尖った毛が逆立った。

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Spiny rats, Proechimys semispinosus, are rodents weighing up to 500 g which eat fruits and seeds that have fallen to the forest floor. In Lutz catchment, a spiny rat's territory is three-fifths as wide as an agouti's (Smythe et al. 1982).

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Any murine rodent of the genus Maxomys (sometimes considered a subgenus of Rattus).

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Any murine rodent of the genus Tokudaia.

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Any murine rodent of the genus Echiothrix.

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