Atlantic bamboo rat
| Atlantic bamboo rat Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Kannabateomys Jentink, 1891 |
| Species: | K. amblyonyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Kannabateomys amblyonyx Wagner, 1845 | |
| Subspecies | |
The Atlantic bamboo rat (Kannabateomys amblyonyx), or southern bamboo rat, is a spiny rat species found in humid tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Kannabateomys.