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Sinnamary Brush-tailed Rat
Isothrix sinnamariensis Vie et al., 1996
Also calledRat à queue en brosse des Guyanes (fra) · Rat-épineux du Sinnamary (fra) · Rato-coró (por) · Rato-de-rabo-pincel (por) · Sinnamary-Borstenschwanzratte (deu) · toro szczotkoogonowy (pol) · シンナマリートロトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Mammalia vol.60 p.395
The Sinnamary brush-tailed rat (Isothrix sinnamariensis), is a species of rodent in the family of Echimyidae. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
== References ==
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of the type locality.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: French Guiana, along the Sinnamary River, 21 km upstream of the Petit Saut Dam (4 o 56 ’ 80 " N, 53 o 01 ’ 90 " W).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. [Lowland rainforest in seasonally inundated and non-flooded, tall upland forests and non-flooded tall hill evergreen forest from near sea level to elevations of ¢. 270 m. The Sinnamary Brush-tailed Rat is arboreal and builds nest in trees.
Echimyidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Isothrix sinnamariensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262993.