Armored Spiny Rat

Taxobox
name = Armored Spiny Rat


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Echimyidae
genus = "Makalata"
species = "M. armata"
binomial = "Makalata armata"
binomial_authority = (I. Geoffroy, 1830)
synonyms = The Armored Spiny Rat ("Makalata armata") is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12694/all Makalata armata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.