| Brazilian Spiny Tree Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Makalata |
| Species: | M. didelphoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Makalata didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Echimys didelphoides Desmarest, 1817 |
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The Brazilian Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata didelphoides) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.[1] There is also a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata macrurus. It is nocturnal, and eats seeds.[1]