Amazon Bamboo Rat
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Dactylomys dactylinus (Desmarest, 1817) |
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D. d. canescens Thomas, 1912 |
The Amazon Bamboo Rat, Dactylomys dactylinus, is a South American bamboo rat species from the Echimyidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
[edit] References
- Baillie (1996). Dactylomys dactylinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- Infonatura
- 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.