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Amazonian Bamboo Rats
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Amazonian Bamboo Rats

Dactylomys

Dactylomys is the genus of South American bamboo rats They are arboreal members of the family Echimyidae.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Amazon Bamboo Rat

speciesDactylomys dactylinus

Bolivian Bamboo Rat

speciesDactylomys boliviensis

Peruvian Bamboo Rat

speciesDactylomys peruanus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43917.