Lonchothrix

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Lonchothrix
Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Eumysopinae
Genus: Lonchothrix
Thomas, 1920
Species: L. emiliae
Binomial name
Lonchothrix emiliae
Thomas, 1920

Lonchothrix emiliae is a spiny rat species from South America. It is known from Brazil south of the Amazon River, where it has been found in grassland and gallery forest. Also known as the Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree Rat,[1][2] it is the only species in the genus Lonchothrix.[2] Very little is known about this animal. It is small with an average adult weight of about 138 grams. It is nocturnal and solitary in habits. Described by Thomas in 1920, presumably the name indicates that it has a tufted tail and spiky fur but no photos are available to confirm this.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patton, J. & Weksler, M. (2008). Lonchothrix emiliae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1583. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
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