Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
Tribe: | Echimyini |
Genus: | Mesomys |
Species: | M. leniceps |
Binomial name | |
Mesomys leniceps Thomas & St. Leger, 1926 | |
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