Long-tailed Spiny Tree Rat
Makalata macrura
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The long-tailed armored tree-rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, with a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata didelphoides. Initially considered a large form of the latter species, it actually represents a distinct species as supported by morphological and molecular characters.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Echimyidae
- Genus
- Makalata