Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat
Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat Temporal range: Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | Lonchothrix Thomas, 1920 |
Species: | L. emiliae |
Binomial name | |
Lonchothrix emiliae Thomas, 1920 | |
The tuft-tailed spiny tree rat (Lonchothrix emiliae) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is known from Brazil south of the Amazon River, where it has been found in grassland and gallery forest[1][2] it is the only species in the genus Lonchothrix.[2] Very little is known about this rodent. It is small with an average adult weight of about 138 grams. It is nocturnal and solitary in habits. Described by Thomas in 1920, presumably the name indicates that it has a tufted tail and spiky fur but no photos are available to confirm this.
References
- 1 2 Patton, J. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Lonchothrix emiliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 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. p. 1583. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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