HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Makalata
SPECIES Makalata macrura
Author: | Wagner, 1842. | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 360. | Common Name: | Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Amazonas, Borba. | Distribution: | C Brazil west to N Peru and E Ecuador (see Patton et al., 2000). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Echimys macrurus. | Comments: | Considered a large form of Makalata didelphoides by Emmons and Feer (1997) that might represent a distinct species, a hypothesis now supported by morphological and molecular evidence (Patton et al., 2000). |
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