Makalata macrura (Wagner 1842)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1579

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scientific name	Makalata macrura (Wagner 1842)
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[Loncheres] macrura Wagner 1842 , Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 360.

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Borba.

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat.

Distribution: C Brazil west to N Peru and E Ecuador (see Patton et al., 2000).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Echimys macrurus .

Discussion: Considered a large form of Makalata didelphoides by Emmons and Feer (1997) that might represent a distinct species, a hypothesis now supported by morphological and molecular evidence ( Patton et al., 2000).