Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat

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Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Mesomys
Species:
M. leniceps
Binomial name
Mesomys leniceps
Thomas & St. Leger, 1926

The woolly-headed spiny tree-rat (Mesomys leniceps) is a species of

endemic to Peru
.

The etymology of the species name corresponds to the Latin word leniceps constructed from lēnis meaning calm, gentle,[3] and the suffix -ceps meaning headed.

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13235A22212969.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. OCLC 62265494
    .
  3. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (1934). Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français (in French). Paris: Librairie Hachette. p. 899. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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