Makalata macrura

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Long-tailed Armored 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 : Makalata

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):356-362.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697575

Original name as described

Loncheres macrura

Other common names

Long-tailed Tree-rat · Long-tailed Armored Tree Rat

Type material

NMW B 921

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Borba," mouth of Rio Madeira, Amazonas, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

the name obscura is often considered a species of Makalata, but is now considered a nomen dubium since the holotype is lost and the original description is to vague to establish what species it is a part of

Taxonomy notes citation

Pereira, A. L., Malcher, S. M., Nagamachi, C. Y., de Souza, A. C. P., & Pieczarka, J. C. (2020). Karyotypic diversity within the genus Makalata (Echimyidae: Echimyinae) of Brazilian Amazon: Chromosomal evidence for multiple species. Plos one, 15(7), e0235788. · Miranda, C. L., Nunes, M. D. S., Farias, I. P., Silva, M. N. F. D., Rossi, R. V., Eler, E., ... & Pieczarka, J. C. (2021). A molecular and chromosomic meta‐analysis approach and its implications for the taxonomy of the genus Makalata Husson, 1978 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) including an amended diagnosis for M. macrura (Wagner, 1842). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(8), 2387-2409. · Pieczarka, J. C., Nagamachi, C. Y., Oliveira, T. G. D., Silva, R. D. F. D., Feldberg, E., Eler, E. S., ... & Miranda, C. L. (2021). A molecular and chromosomic meta-analysis approach and its implications for the taxonomy of the genus Makalata Husson, 1978 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) including an amended diagnosis for M. macrura (Wagner, 1842). Volume 59, Edição 8, Págs 2387-2409.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001414

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Loncheres macrura

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

macrura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW B 921

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697575

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Echimys macrurus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Makalata macrura

G. E. Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo, & Percequillo, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

macrura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Iack-Ximenes, Vivo & Percequillo (2005:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3015)
  3. Emmons (2006:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6983/22206578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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