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Makalata

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Taxonomy

Makalata was named by Husson (1978). It is extant.

It was assigned to Echimyidae by Carvalho and Salles (2004); and to Echimyinae by Iack-Ximenes et al. (2005).

Species

M. armata, M. carrikeri, M. castanea, M. didelphoides, M. flavida, M. guianae, M. longirostris, M. macrura, M. obscura, M. occasius, M. punctatus, M. rhipidura, M. semivillosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1978	Makalata Husson
2004	Makalata Carvalho and Salles
2005	Makalata Iack-Ximenes et al. p. 57

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
infraorder	Hystricognathi	(Tullberg 1899)
—	Caviomorpha	(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamily	Octodontoidea	Waterhouse 1839
family	Echimyidae	Gray 1825
subfamily	Echimyinae	Gray 1825
genus	Makalata	Husson 1978

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Makalata Husson 1978

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Makalata armata Geoffroy 1838

Makalata carrikeri Allen 1911

Makalata castanea Allen and Chapman 1897

Makalata didelphoides Desmarest 1817 [Brazilian spiny tree-rat]

Makalata flavida Hollister 1914

Makalata guianae Thomas 1888

Makalata longirostris Anthony 1921

Makalata macrura Wagner 1842

Makalata obscura Wagner 1840

Makalata occasius Thomas 1921