Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat
| Tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Mesomys |
| Species: | M. occultus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesomys occultus | |
The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat (Mesomys occultus) is a spiny rat species known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.