Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat

The yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat (Isothrix bistriata) is a South American species of brush-tailed rat in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.^[2] They are nocturnal and arboreal animals found in lowland evergreen rainforest, probably restricted to igapó and várzea habitats. Sometimes they can be seen at the entrances of their dens, which are often in tree holes (especially hollow palms) on the borders of rivers.

Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Isothrix
Species:	I. bistriata
Binomial name
Isothrix bistriata Wagner, 1845
Synonyms
I. boliviensis Petter & Cuenca Aguirre, 1982 I. molliae Thomas, 1924 I. orinoci Thomas, 1989 I. villosus (Deville, 1852)