Bare-tailed armored tree-rat

The bare-tailed armored tree-rat (Pattonomys occasius) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest east of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru.^[1]

Bare-tailed armored tree-rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Pattonomys
Species:	P. occasius
Binomial name
Pattonomys occasius (Thomas, 1921)
Synonyms
Echimys occasius Thomas, 1921 Makalata occasius (Thomas, 1921)