Guiara Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Eumysopinae |
Genus: | Euryzygomatomys Goeldi, 1901 |
Species: | E. spinosus |
Binomial name | |
Euryzygomatomys spinosus (Fischer, 1814) |
The Guiara, Euryzygomatomys spinosus, or Fischer's Guiara, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is one of only two species in the genus Euryzygomatomys.