Owl's spiny rat
| Owl's spiny rat Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Carterodon Waterhouse, 1848 |
| Species: | C. sulcidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Carterodon sulcidens (Lund, 1841) | |
Owl's spiny rat, Carterodon sulcidens, is a rodent species from South America in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Carterodon.
References
- ↑ Reis, M. & Lacher, T. (2008). Carterodon sulcidens. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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