Broad-headed spiny rat

Broad-headed spiny rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Clyomys
Species: C. laticeps
Binomial name
Clyomys laticeps
Thomas, 1909

The broad-headed spiny rat, Clyomys laticeps, or brown-headed spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.

References

  1. Vieira, E. & Marinho-Filho, J. (2008). Clyomys laticeps. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.


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