Kannabateomys amblyonyx

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Atlantic Bamboo 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 : Kannabateomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Arten von Nagern und Handflüglern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11:145-149.

Original name as described

Dactylomys amblyonyx

Other common names

Southern Bamboo Rat

Type locality

"Ypanema." Restricted by L. P. Costa and colleagues in 2003 to Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, 20 km NW Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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