Mesomys occultus

Mesomys occultus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Mesomys
Species:	Mesomys occultus
Binomial name
Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000

Mesomys occultus, also known as Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat^[1][2] or Furtive Spiny Tree Rat,^[3] is a spiny rat species from South America. It is known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Patton, J. & Percequillo, A. (2008). Mesomys occultus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
2. ^ Woods & Kilpatrick 2005.
3. ^ Duff & Lawson 2004.

• Duff, A.; Lawson, A. (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. pp. 312. ISBN 9780300103984. 
• Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1584. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400475.