Southern Bamboo Rat

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Southern Bamboo Rat
Fossil range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Kannabateomys
Jentink, 1891
Species: K. amblyonyx
Binomial name
Kannabateomys amblyonyx
Wagner, 1845

The Southern Bamboo Rat, Kannabateomys amblyonyx, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Kannabateomys.

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