Bare-tailed Armored Tree-rat

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
Genus:	Pattonomys
Species:	P. occasius
Binomial name
Pattonomys occasius (Thomas, 1921)
Synonyms
Echimys occasius Thomas, 1921 Makalata occasius (Thomas, 1921)

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. (2008). Pattonomys occasius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.