Armored rat
Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The armored rat (Hoplomys gymnurus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hoplomys.[2] It is found in Latin America, from northern Honduras to northwest Ecuador. It possesses a range of spines on its back and sides of the body.[3]
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Armored rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
Tribe: | Myocastorini |
Genus: | Hoplomys J. A. Allen, 1908 |
Species: | H. gymnurus |
Binomial name | |
Hoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897) | |
Distribution of the armored rat |
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