Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat

For Lonchothrix emiliae, see Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat.

The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (Mesomys occultus) is a spiny rat species^[1][3][4] known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.^[1]

Tufted-tailed spiny 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:	Mesomys
Species:	M. occultus
Binomial name
Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000[2]