- Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat
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Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Echimyidae Genus: Mesomys Species: M. leniceps Binomial name Mesomys leniceps
Thomas, 1926The Woolly-headed Spiny Tree-rat (Mesomys leniceps) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Peru.
References
- ^ Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. (2008). Mesomys leniceps. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 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.
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Mesomys
- Mammals of Peru
- Spiny rat stubs
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