The bare-tailed armored tree-rat (Leiuromys occasius) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest east of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru.[1] In 2018, it was recommended that the species be moved to the monotypic genus Leiuromys.[2] Prior to this year it had been variously considered a member of the genera Echimys, Makalata, and Pattonomys.[3]
| Bare-tailed armored tree-rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Pattonomys |
| Species: | P. occasius |
| Binomial name | |
| Pattonomys occasius (Thomas, 1921) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echimys occasius Thomas, 1921 | |
References
edit- 1 2 Vivar, E.; Patterson, B. (2016). "Pattonomys occasius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T39314A22212546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T39314A22212546.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Emmons, Louise H.; Fabre, Pierre-henri (2018-03-09). "A Review of the Pattonomys/Toromys Clade (Rodentia: Echimyidae), with Descriptions of a New Toromys Species and a New Genus". American Museum Novitates. 3894 (3894): 1–52. doi:10.1206/3894.1. ISSN 0003-0082.
- ↑ "Leiuromys occasius (O. Thomas, 1921)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.