Montane bamboo rat

Montane bamboo rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Dactylomys
Species:	D. peruanus
Binomial name
Dactylomys peruanus J. A. Allen, 1900
Montane bamboo rat range

The montane bamboo rat or Peruvian bamboo rat (Dactylomys peruanus), is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. ^[2] It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

1. Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Dactylomys peruanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T6222A22209615. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6222A22209615.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Dactylomys peruanus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1576. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.