Southern Bamboo Rat
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| Southern Bamboo Rat Fossil range: Pleistocene to Recent |
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| Kannabateomys amblyonyx Wagner, 1845 |
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K. a. 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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- 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.
