Long-tailed armored tree-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | Makalata |
Species: |
M. macrura (Wagner, 1842) |
Binomial name | |
Makalata macrura |
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Synonyms | |
Echimys macrurus Wagner, 1842 |
Echimys macrurus Wagner, 1842
The long-tailed armored tree-rat, Makalata macrura, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, with a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata didelphoides.