Makalata rhipidura

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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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 Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B.

Reviewer/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
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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.

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.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known if it occurs in any protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

	Eisenberg, J. F. and Redford, K. H. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics: The Central Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical rainforest mammals. University Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. Emmons, L. H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). Leite, Y. L. R. and Patton, J. L. 2002. Evolution of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae): the star-phylogeny hypothesis revisted. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 455-464. Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Eisenberg, J. F. and Redford, K. H. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics: The Central Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical rainforest mammals. University Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

Emmons, L. H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA.

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Leite, Y. L. R. and Patton, J. L. 2002. Evolution of South American spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae): the star-phylogeny hypothesis revisted. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 455-464.

Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. 2008. Makalata rhipidura. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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