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Mesomys occultus (Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

Mesomys occultus, also known as Tufted-tailed Spiny Tree-rat or Furtive Spiny Tree Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.
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Attributes

Forages - Arboreal [1]  100 %
Nocturnal [1]  Yes

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0