White-faced spiny tree-rat

White-faced spiny tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Echimys
Species: E. chrysurus
Binomial name
Echimys chrysurus
Zimmermann, 1780
Synonyms

Myoxus chrysurus Zimmermann, 1780
Echimys cristatus Desmarest, 1817
Echimys paleaceus (Lichtenstein, 1820)

The white-faced spiny tree-rat, Echimys chrysurus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana and Suriname.

References

  1. Catzeflis, F. & Patton, J. (2008). "Echimys chrysurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2009.


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