Makalata Husson 1978 (spiny rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Parent taxon: Echimyinae according to G. E. Iack-Ximenes et al. 2005
See also Carvalho and Salles 2004
Sister taxa: Callistomys, Echimys, Phyllomys
Subtaxa: Makalata armata Makalata carrikeri Makalata castanea Makalata didelphoides Makalata flavida Makalata guianae Makalata longirostris Makalata macrura Makalata obscura Makalata occasius Makalata punctatus Makalata rhipidura Makalata semivillosa
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cave of Gruta dos Mouras (Quaternary of Brazil)
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