| Painted tree-rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Myocastorini |
| Genus: | Callistomys Emmons & Vucetich, 1998 |
| Species: | C. pictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Callistomys pictus (Pictet, 1841)
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| Synonyms | |
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Isothrix picta Pictet, 1841 | |
The painted tree-rat (Callistomys pictus) is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Callistomys.
- ^ Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2019). "Callistomys pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6985A160756610. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6985A160756610.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.