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Echimys chrysurus

Description

Echimys chrysurus (Zimmermann 1780)

[Myoxus] chrysurus Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 352.

Type Locality: Suriname.

Vernacular Names: White-faced Spiny Tree-rat.

Synonyms: Echimys cristatus Desmarest 1817; Echimys paleaceus (Lichtenstein 1820).

Distribution: Guianas to lower Amazonian NE Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, pp. 1575-1592 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1577, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zimmermann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Echimyidae
Genus
Echimys
Species
chrysurus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Echimys chrysurus (Zimmermann, 1780) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005