Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
Armored rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
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]
^Anderson, R.P.; Emmons, L. (2016). "Hoplomys gymnurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10259A22206995. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10259A22206995.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". 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. 1583. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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