Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat
| Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Isothrix |
| Species: | I. bistriata |
| Binomial name | |
| Isothrix bistriata Wagner, 1845 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
boliviensis Petter & Cuenca Aguirre, 1982 | |
The yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat, Isothrix bistriata, is a South American brush-tailed rat species from the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and Venezuela.
They are nocturnal and arboreal animals found in lowland evergreen rainforest, probably restricted to igapó and várzea habitats. Sometimes they can be seen at the entrances of their dens, in tree holes (specially hollow palms) on the borders of rivers.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat |
- ↑ Patton, J. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Isothrix bistriata. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- Louise H. Emmons and François Feer, 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide. The University of Chicago Press.
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