Broad-headed spiny rat

Broad-headed spiny rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Clyomys
Species:
C. laticeps
Binomial name
Clyomys laticeps
Thomas, 1909
Synonyms

Clyomys bishopi Avila-Pires and Wutke, 1981[1][2]

The broad-headed spiny rat (Clyomys laticeps) is a spiny rat species from South America. The etymology of the species name is the Latin word laticeps meaning "wide-headed".

  1. ^ a b Marinho-Filho, J. (2016). "Clyomys laticeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4989A22205489. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4989A22205489.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bezerra2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).