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--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Echimys
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. | |
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cristatus Desmarest, 1817 paleaceus (Lichtenstein, 1820)
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