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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Makalata
SPECIES Makalata occasius
| Author: | Thomas, 1921. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 7: 450. | | Common Name: | Bare-tailed Armored Tree-rat | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Mt. Pichincha, Gualea. | | Distribution: | Ecuador and Peru east of the Andes. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Recognized as a distinct species by Emmons and Feer (1990:217) and placed in the genus Makalata by Emmons and Feer (1997:236). Distinction further documented by Emmons (In Press), who placed this taxon in a new genus. |
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