Colombian Soft-furred Spiny-rat

Colombian Soft-furred Spiny-rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Diplomys
Species:	D. caniceps
Binomial name
Diplomys caniceps (Günther, 1877)
Synonyms
Loncheres caniceps Günther, 1877

The Colombian Soft-furred Spiny-rat (Diplomys caniceps), or Arboreal Soft-furred Spiny-rat, is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

1. ^ Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Diplomys caniceps. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.

• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.