Dark spiny tree-rat
The dark spiny tree-rat (Echimys saturnus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It is a rarely encountered and nocturnal species, found in eastern Ecuador and central Peru.[3][4]
| Dark spiny tree-rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Echimys |
| Species: | E. saturnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echimys saturnus Thomas, 1928 | |
As compared to Echimys chrysurus, the main diagnostic character state of this Echimys species is the mostly black dorsal part of head and body. In addition, E. saturnus can be distinguished from Echimys vieirai by possessing a venter spotted with white while it is uniformly grayish brown in the latter species.[5]
References
- Tirira, D. & Solari, S. (2008). "Echimys saturnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Echimys saturnus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Blake, John; Mosquera, Diego; Guerra, Jaime; Romo, David (2010). "New locality records and the first photographs of living Echimys saturnus (dark tree rat, Echimyidae) from eastern Ecuador". Ecotropica. 16: 141–144.
- Mosquera, Diego; Blake, John G.; Romo, David; Swing, Kelly (2016). "New observations of living Echimys saturnus (dark tree rat, Echimyidae) from eastern Ecuador". Mastozoologia Neotropical. 23: 87–91.
- Iack-Ximenes, Gilson Evaristo; de Vivo, Mario; Percequillo, Alexandre Reis (2005). "A new species of Echimys Cuvier, 1809 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo). 45 (5): 51–60. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492005000500001. ISSN 0031-1049.
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