Fischer's guiara

Fischer's guiara (Euryzygomatomys spinosus), is a spiny rat species found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.^[2] It is one of only two species in the genus Euryzygomatomys. Its karyotype has 2n=46 and FN=88.^[2]

Fischer's guiara Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus:	Euryzygomatomys
Species:	E. spinosus
Binomial name
Euryzygomatomys spinosus (G. Fischer, 1814)