Speckled Spiny Tree-rat

Speckled Spiny Tree-rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Pattonomys
Species: P. semivillosus
Binomial name
Pattonomys semivillosus
(I. Geoffroy, 1838)
Synonyms

Echimys semivillosus (I. Geoffroy, 1838)
Pattonomys carrikeri (J. A. Allen, 1911)
Pattonomys flavidus (Hollister, 1914)
Pattonomys punctatus (Thomas, 1899)

The Speckled Spiny Tree-rat (Pattonomys semivillosus) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in northern Colombia and Venezuela. It is found in gallery forest and dry forest.[1] Its diet includes fruit and seeds.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Aguillera, M., Gómez-Laverde, M. & Delgado, C. (2008). Pattonomys semivillosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.