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Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderRodentia
  5. FamilyEchimyidae
Observations recorded998

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Echimyidae
Collections
TTU
Recorded in
Peru

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  • Phylogeny
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Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.

==Systematics== The etymology of this genus name derives from a combination of letters inspired by the Suriname native name Maka-alata for spiny rats.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Makalata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.