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Rufous soft-furred spiny rat

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Rufous soft-furred spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Echimyidae
Genus:
Diplomys
Species:
D. labilis
Binomial name
Diplomys labilis
(Bangs, 1901)
Synonyms

Isothrix darlingi Goldman, 1913

The rufous soft-furred spiny-rat (Diplomys labilis), known as ratón espinoso meaning "spiny" or "thorny" rat in Spanish, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. In November 2015, it was spotted for the first time in Osa, Costa Rica by the Costa Rican researcher Jim Córdoba-Alfaro.[2]

It is nocturnal and lives in trees, feeding on fruit and young shoots. The females give birth to one or two young, which stay with the mother for about a year before becoming mature.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  2. ^ http://www.nacion.com/vivir/ambiente/Raton-espinoso-aparecio-Costa-Rica_0_1524847501.html
  • 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. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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