Amazon bamboo rat

For Asian bamboo rats (family: Spalacidae), see Bamboo rat.

Amazon bamboo rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Dactylomys
Species:
D. dactylinus
Binomial name
Dactylomys dactylinus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Subspecies

D. d. canescens (Thomas, 1912)
D. d. dactylinus (Desmarest, 1817)
D. d. modestus (Lönnberg, 1921)

The Amazon bamboo rat (Dactylomys dactylinus) is a species of spiny rat from the Amazon Basin of South America.[2][3] It is also referred to as coro-coro, Toró, Rato-do-Bambú, or Rata del Bambú in different parts of its range.[4] The bamboo rat prefers to reside in areas of dense vegetation, such as clumps of bamboo or in the canopy.[5] It is an arboreal browser, consuming primarily leaves and spending much of its time off the ground. Because the Amazon bamboo rat spends most of its time in heavily forested areas, it is difficult to observe, and not much is known about its habits.

  1. ^ Patton, J.; Marinho, F. (2016). "Dactylomys dactylinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6221A22209690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6221A22209690.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Dactylomys dactylinus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1576. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Pearson, David L., and Les Beletsky. Travellers' Wildlife Guides: Peru. Northampton: Interlink. (2008)
  4. ^ InfoNatura: Animals and Ecosystems of Latin America. (2007) Version 5.0. Arlington, Virginia (USA): NatureServe. [1]. 3 May 2011. Archived 2 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Emmons, Louise H. (31 March 1981). "Morphological, Ecological, and Behavioral Adaptations for Arboreal Browsing in Dactylomys dactylinus (Rodentia, Echimyidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 62 (1): 183–189. doi:10.2307/1380493. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1380493.