Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat

For Lonchothrix emiliae, see Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat.

Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Mesomys
Species:	M. occultus
Binomial name
Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000 [2]

The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (Mesomys occultus) is a spiny rat species ^{[1] [3] [4]} known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal. ^[1]

References

1. Patton, J.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Mesomys occultus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136284A22212805. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136284A22212805.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 244". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)244<0001:MOTRJA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1593.
3. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Mesomys occultus". 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. 1584. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
4. Duff, A.; Lawson, A. (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. p. 312. ISBN   978-0-300-10398-4.