Pará spiny tree-rat
| Pará spiny tree rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Mesomys |
| Species: | M. stimulax
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesomys stimulax Thomas, 1911
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The Pará spiny tree rat (Mesomys stimulax) or Surinam spiny tree rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Previously, Mesomys Stimulax's karyotype was 2n=60, Fundamental number (abbreviated FN), FN=116. However more recently the new karyotype has been found to be 2n=60, FN=110. This points to the idea that this species is most likely a species complex.