Biology:Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Mesomys
Species:
M. occultus
Binomial name
Mesomys occultus

The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (Mesomys occultus) is a spiny rat species[1][2][3] known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil , where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Patton, J.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Mesomys occultus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136284A22212805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136284A22212805.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136284/22212805. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Mesomys occultus". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1584. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400475. 
  3. Duff, A.; Lawson, A. (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. pp. 312. ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4. 

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