Long-tailed armored tree-rat

Long-tailed armored tree-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Makalata
Species:	M. macrura (Wagner, 1842)
Binomial name
Makalata macrura
Synonyms
Echimys macrurus Wagner, 1842

The long-tailed armored tree-rat, Makalata macrura, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, with a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata didelphoides.

References

1. Patton, J., Catzeflis, F., Weksler, M. & Percequillo, A. (2008). Makalata macrura. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

• Infonatura
• Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.