Makalata obscura (Wagner 1840)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1579

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Makalata obscura (Wagner 1840)
status

Treatment

[Loncheres] obscura Wagner 1840 , Abh. Akad. Wiss. Munchen, 3: 196.

Type Locality: Unknown.

Vernacular Names: Dark Armored Tree Rat.

Distribution: Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as Mesomys obscurus .

Discussion: Known only from the original description. Tate (1935) placed it first in the genus Mesomys (p. 413) and then in the genus Echimys (p. 432). Cabrera (1960) followed Tate’s first allocation and retained it in Mesomys with reservation, a placement followed by subsequent authors ( Corbet and Hill, 1991; Woods, 1993). Emmons (1993 a) suggested that the original illustrations precluded identity with Mesomys and Emmons (In Press) placed it in the genus Makalata .