Tuft-tailed spiny tree rat



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Tuft-tailed spiny tree rat

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Eumysopinae
Species : Lonchothrix emiliae

 

The Tuft-tailed spiny tree rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the tufttailed spiny tree rat
A young / baby of a tufttailed spiny tree rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A tufttailed spiny tree rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Countries
Brazil

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1. tuft, tussock -- (a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass)
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2. tuft -- (a bunch of feathers or hair)
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