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Fischer's guiara

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Fischer's guiara
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Euryzygomatomys
Species:
E. spinosus
Binomial name
Euryzygomatomys spinosus
(G. Fischer, 1814)

Fischer's guiara (Euryzygomatomys spinosus), is a spiny rat species found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.[2] It is one of only two species in the genus Euryzygomatomys. Its karyotype has 2n=46 and FN=88.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Catzeflis, F.; Patton J.; Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2016). "Euryzygomatomys spinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8418A22205855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8418A22205855.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1582. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.