Bare-tailed armored tree-rat
| Bare-tailed armored tree-rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Pattonomys |
| Species: | P. occasius |
| Binomial name | |
| Pattonomys occasius (Thomas, 1921) | |
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| Pattonomys distribution P. occasius in green | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echimys occasius Thomas, 1921 | |
The bare-tailed armored tree-rat (Leiuromys occasius) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest east of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru. In 2018, it was recommended that the species be moved to the monotypic genus Leiuromys. Prior to this year it had been variously considered a member of the genera Echimys, Makalata, and Pattonomys.
References
- 1 2 Vivar, E.; Patterson, B. (2016). "Pattonomys occasius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T39314A22212546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T39314A22212546.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Emmons, Louise H.; Fabre, Pierre-henri (2018-03-09). "A Review of the Pattonomys/Toromys Clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with Descriptions of a New Toromys Species and a New Genus". American Museum Novitates. 3894 (3894): 1–52. doi:10.1206/3894.1. ISSN 0003-0082.
- ↑ "Leiuromys occasius (O. Thomas, 1921)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.