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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Makalata
SPECIES Makalata grandis
| Author: | Wagner, 1845. | | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 145. | | Common Name: | Giant Armored Tree-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas, Manaqueri. | | Distribution: | Amazonian Brazil along the banks of the Amazon River from Río Negro to Ilha Caviana. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Echimys grandis. | | Comments: | Formerly included rhipidurus as a valid subspecies (Cabrera, 1961), which was given specific status by Emmons and Feer (1990). |
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