Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat

Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Mesomys
Species:	M. leniceps
Binomial name
Mesomys leniceps Thomas, 1926

The woolly-headed spiny tree-rat (Mesomys leniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Peru.

References

1. Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. (2008). Mesomys leniceps. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

• 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.