Peruvian Bamboo Rat

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Peruvian Bamboo Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Dactylomys
Species: D. peruanus
Binomial name
Dactylomys peruanus
J.A. Allen, 1900

The Peruvian Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys peruanus) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[edit] References

  • Amori, G. 2000. Dactylomys peruanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  • Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.