Makalata
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| Makalata Temporal range: Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Genus: | Makalata Husson, 1978 |
| Species | |
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Makalata didelphoides |
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Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Brazilian Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata didelphoides)
- Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat (Makalata macrura)
- Dusky Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata obscura)
- Peruvian Tree Rat (Makalata rhipidura)
Toromys grandis and Pattonomys occasius have been placed in Makalata by some authorities.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400440.
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