Fischer's guiara

Guiara
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Eumysopinae
Genus: Euryzygomatomys
Goeldi, 1901
Species: E. spinosus
Binomial name
Euryzygomatomys spinosus
(Fischer, 1814)

Fischer's Guiara (Euryzygomatomys spinosus), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is one of only two species in the genus Euryzygomatomys.

References

  1. Catzeflis, F., Patton, J., Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). Euryzygomatomys spinosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.


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