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Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Mesomys
Species:	M. occultus
Binomial name
Mesomys occultus Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000

The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (Mesomys occultus) is a spiny rat species known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.

References

1. ^ Patton, J.; Percequillo, A. (2016). "Mesomys occultus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136284A22212805. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136284A22212805.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Patton, James L.; Da Silva, Maria Nazareth F.; Malcolm, Jay R. (2000). "Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 244". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/1593.
3. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Mesomys occultus". 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. 1584. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
4. Duff, A.; Lawson, A. (2004). Mammals of the World: A Checklist. Yale University Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4.

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• Mammals described in 2000
• Endemic mammals of Brazil
• Taxa named by James L. Patton
• Taxa named by Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva
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