Peruvian tree-rat

Peruvian tree rat
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Makalata
Species:	M. rhipidura
Binomial name
	Makalata rhipidura; (Thomas, 1928)
Synonyms
	Echimys rhipidurus Thomas, 1928 Toromys rhipidurus; (Thomas, 1928);

The Peruvian tree rat (Makalata rhipidura) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.^[2] It is found in northeastern Peru and adjacent Ecuador, where it is found in the Amazon rainforest.^[1] It is nocturnal and arboreal.^[1]

The etymology of the species name derives from the two ancient greek words ῥιπίς, ῥιπίδος (rhipís, rhipídos), meaning "fan", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "animal tail".^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Vivar, E.; Patterson, B. (2016). "Toromys rhipidurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T90386329A22206649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T90386329A22206649.en. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 2-01-003528-3. OCLC 461974285.
^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

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Taxon identifiers
Makalata rhipidura	Wikidata: Q302740 Wikispecies: Toromys rhipidurus ADW: Makalata_rhipidura CoL: 3XJXG GBIF: 4262961 iNaturalist: 74541 ITIS: 825352 MSW: 13400446 Open Tree of Life: 3609806 Paleobiology Database: 233876
Echimys rhipidurus	Wikidata: Q109647273 CoL: 38FMY GBIF: 5219919 ITIS: 584809

Peruvian tree rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Makalata
Species:	M. rhipidura
Binomial name
*Makalata rhipidura* (Thomas, 1928)
Synonyms
Echimys rhipidurus Thomas, 1928 Toromys rhipidurus (Thomas, 1928)