Long-tailed armored tree-rat
| Long-tailed armored tree-rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Makalata |
| Species: | M. macrura (Wagner, 1842) |
| Binomial name | |
| Makalata macrura | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echimys macrurus Wagner, 1842 | |
The long-tailed armored tree-rat, Makalata macrura, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, with a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata didelphoides.
References
- ↑ Patton, J., Catzeflis, F., Weksler, M. & Percequillo, A. (2008). Makalata macrura. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Infonatura
- 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.