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SPECIES Echimys chrysurus

Author:Zimmermann, 1780.
Citation:Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Theire, 2: 352.
Common Name:White-faced Spiny Tree-rat
Type Locality:Suriname.
Distribution:Guianas to lower Amazonian NE Brazil.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable.
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Synonyms:

    cristatus Desmarest, 1817
    paleaceus (Lichtenstein, 1820)

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