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Makalata rhipidura

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA RODENTIA ECHIMYIDAE

Scientific Name: Makalata rhipidura
Species Authority: (Thomas, 1928)
Common Name/s:
English – Peruvian Tree Rat
Synonym/s:
Echimys rhipidurus Thomas, 1928
Taxonomic Notes: Elevated to species by Emmon and Feer (1990) and placed in the genus Makalata by Emmons and Feer (1997).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B.
Evaluator/s: Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
This species is listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing problems with its taxonomy as well as absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status, threats and ecological requirements.
History:
1996 – Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is only known from the type locality: Pebas, northeastern Peru. It was collected at around 200 m. Emmons and Feer (1997) and Woods and Kilpatrick (2005) include a larger range. They said that this species occurs in the central and north of the Amazonia Peru.
Countries:
Native:
Peru
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: This species is difficult to collect and as a result very little is known about it..
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It was collected in lowland Amazonian tropical moist forest.This rodent is nocturnal, and arboreal and nests in hollow trees. The female appears to bear only one or two young (Eisenberg and Redford, 1997; Emmons and Feer, 1997).
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is not known if it occurs in any protected areas.
Citation: Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. 2008. Makalata rhipidura. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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