Painted tree-rat
| Painted tree-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Myocastorini |
| Genus: | Callistomys Emmons & Vucetich, 1998 |
| Species: | C. pictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Callistomys pictus (Pictet, 1841) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Isothrix picta Pictet, 1841 | |
The painted tree-rat (Callistomys pictus) is a species of spiny rat from Brazil, restricted to north-eastern Bahia in eastern Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Callistomys.