Fischer's guiara

Guiara
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Eumysopinae
Genus: Euryzygomatomys
Goeldi, 1901
Species: E. spinosus
Binomial name
Euryzygomatomys spinosus
(Fischer, 1814)

Fischer's Guiara (Euryzygomatomys spinosus), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is one of only two species in the genus Euryzygomatomys.

References

  1. Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Euryzygomatomys spinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2009.


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