Fischer's guiara

Fischer's guiara
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Euryzygomatomys
Species:
E. spinosus
Binomial name
Euryzygomatomys spinosus
(G. Fischer, 1814)

Fischer's guiara (Euryzygomatomys spinosus), is a spiny rat species found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is one of only two species in the genus Euryzygomatomys. Its karyotype has 2n=46 and FN=88.

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