Diplomys labilis

(Bangs, 1901)

Central American Rufous Tree-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Echimyini
Genus : Diplomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bangs, O. 1901. The mammals collected in San Miguel Island, Panama, by W. W. Brown, Jr. The American Naturalist 35(416):631-644.

Original name as described

Loncheres labilis

Other common names

Rufous Soft-furred Spiny-rat · Rufous Tree Rat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-8480

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"San Miguel Island, [Archipiélago de las Perlas], Panama."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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