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Brazilian spiny tree-rat

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Brazilian spiny tree rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Makalata
Species:	M. didelphoides
Binomial name
*Makalata didelphoides* (Desmarest, 1817)
Synonyms
Echimys didelphoides Desmarest, 1817 Mesomys didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) Makalata armata (I. Geoffroy, 1838) Makalata castanea (Allen & Chapman, 1893) Makalata guianae (Thomas, 1888) Makalata hispida (Lichtenstein, 1830) Echimys longirostris Anthony, 1921

The Brazilian spiny tree rat (Makalata didelphoides) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.^[2] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.^[1] There is also a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata macrurus. It is nocturnal, and eats seeds.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Patton, J.; Weksler, M.; Catzeflis, F. (2016). "Makalata didelphoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13233A22206738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13233A22206738.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.

Makalata didelphoides

Echimys didelphoides

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