Long-tailed armored tree-rat

The long-tailed armored tree-rat (Makalata macrura), is a spiny rat species from South America.^[2] It is found in Brazil, with a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata didelphoides. Initially considered a large form of the latter species,^[3] it actually represents a distinct species as supported by morphological and molecular characters.^[4]

Long-tailed armored 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:	Makalata
Species:	M. macrura
Binomial name
Makalata macrura (Wagner, 1842)
Synonyms
Echimys macrurus Wagner, 1842

The etymology of the species name derives from the two ancient greek words μακρός (makrós), meaning "long", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "animal tail".^[5][6]