Montane bamboo rat

Montane bamboo rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Dactylomys
Species: D. peruanus
Binomial name
Dactylomys peruanus
J.A. Allen, 1900

The montane bamboo rat (Dactylomys peruanus), or Peruvian bamboo rat, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. Dunnum, J., Vargas, J. & Zeballos, H. (2008). Dactylomys peruanus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  2. 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. p. 1576. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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