Makalata didelphoides
(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)
Red-nosed Armored Tree-rat

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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder | : Caviomorpha |
| Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
| Family | : Echimyidae |
| Subfamily | : Echimyinae |
| Tribe | : Echimyini |
| Genus | : Makalata |
Species status
Authority citation
Desmarest, A.G. 1817. ECHIMYS, Echimys. Pp. 54–59 in Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome X. Deterville, Paris, 591 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038399Original name as described
Echimys didelphoïdes
Other common names
Brazilian Spiny Tree-rat
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2073 (= MNHN:type:404) (= MNHN "1805")
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1998-2073Type locality
"Amérique méridionale."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Trinidad and Tobago · Brazil · Bolivia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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