Montane Bamboo Rat

Montane Bamboo Rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Dactylomys
Species:	D. peruanus
Binomial name
Dactylomys peruanus J.A. Allen, 1900

The Montane Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys peruanus), or Peruvian Bamboo Rat, is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

1. ^ Dunnum, J., Vargas, J. & Zeballos, H. (2008). Dactylomys peruanus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.

• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.