Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat
| Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Mesomys |
| Species: | M. leniceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesomys leniceps Thomas, 1926 | |
The Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat (Mesomys leniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Peru.
References
- ↑ Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. (2008). Mesomys leniceps. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 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.