Painted Tree Rat
Callistomys pictus (Pictet, 1841)
Also calledGezeichnete Baumstachelratte (deu) · Rat-épineux coloré (fra) · Rato-do-cacau (por) · Schwarzweile Baumratte (deu) · kirjopiikkirotta (fin) · koro barevný (ces) · pstrokolczak malowany (pol) · saruê-beju (por) · ハレギトロトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Notice Anim. Nouv. Mus. Geneve p.29
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Previously included in the genus Isothrix (Cabrera, 1961; Ellerman, 1940; Patton and Emmons, 1985; Waterhouse, 1848), Nelomys (Goldman, 1916; Pictet, 1843; Thomas, 1916 e, f), or Echimys (Moojen, 1952; Tate, 1935), but placed in a new genus, Callistomys, by Emmons and Vucetich (1998).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
distribution
Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. The Painted Tree-rat is primarily arboreal and nocturnal.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. [Lowland evergreen forest in Atlantic Forest. The Painted Tree-rat can occur in disturbed habitats like cacao plantations.
Echimyidae
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Every page naming Callistomys pictus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4263000.