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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dactylomyinae
--> GENUS Dactylomys
SPECIES Dactylomys dactylinus
| Author: | Desmarest, 1817. | | Citation: | Nouv. Dict. Hist., Nouv. ed., 10: 57. | | Common Name: | Amazon Bamboo Rat | | Type Locality: | Upper Amazon area (no locality in original description). | | Distribution: | N Brazil from near the mouth of the Amazon west to the base of the Andes in N Peru, Ecuador, and SW Colombia and south to N Bolivia; see Patton et al. (2000) for details. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common. | | Comments: | The genetic (da Silva and Patton, 1993) and morphological (Patton et al., 2000) divergence clearly support the recognition of dactylinus. |
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