Painted tree-rat
Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The painted tree-rat (Callistomys pictus) is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Callistomys.
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Painted tree-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
Tribe: | Myocastorini |
Genus: | Callistomys Emmons & Vucetich, 1998 |
Species: | C. pictus |
Binomial name | |
Callistomys pictus (Pictet, 1841) | |
Synonyms | |
Isothrix picta Pictet, 1841 |
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