Makalata
| Makalata Temporal range: Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Genus: | Makalata Husson, 1978 |
| Species | |
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Makalata didelphoides | |
Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Brazilian Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata didelphoides)
- Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat (Makalata macrura)
- Dusky Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata obscura)
- Peruvian Tree Rat (Makalata rhipidura)
Toromys grandis and Pattonomys occasius have been placed in Makalata by some authorities.[1]
References
- 1 2 Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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