Isothrix barbarabrownae

Isothrix barbarabrownae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Isothrix
Species:	I. barbarabrownae
Binomial name
	Isothrix barbarabrownae; & , 2006

Isothrix barbarabrownae is a recently discovered species of rodents of the spiny rat family Echimyidae.^[1]

Discovery[]

Family tree of spiny rats

It was discovered in Peru, and is about the same size as a large squirrel, such as a Eurasian red squirrel.^[1] It is brown, with a black-and-white tail.^[1] It inhabits the Peruvian cloud forest, where it forages for fruit and nuts. It is a nocturnal, climbing rodent which was collected by scientists in 1999, and formally described in 2006.^[2] It is named after the biologist and curator, Barbara Elaine Russell Brown.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Scientists discover new species of distinctive cloud-forest rodent". Science Daily. January 25, 2007.
^ Bruce D. Patterson & Paul M. Velazco (2006). "A distinctive new cloud-forest rodent (Hystricognathi: Echimyidae) from the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru" (PDF). Mastozoología Neotropical. 13 (2): 175–191.
^ Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Watkins, Michael, 1940-, Grayson, Michael. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC 593239356.

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[daily-1] "Scientists discover new species of distinctive cloud-forest rodent". Science Daily. January 25, 2007.

[2] Bruce D. Patterson & Paul M. Velazco (2006). "A distinctive new cloud-forest rodent (Hystricognathi: Echimyidae) from the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru" (PDF). Mastozoología Neotropical. 13 (2): 175–191.

[3] Beolens, Bo. (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Watkins, Michael, 1940-, Grayson, Michael. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3. OCLC 593239356.

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