Speckled tree rat


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Speckled tree rat

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Species : Echimys semivillosus

 

The Speckled tree rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the speckled tree rat
A young / baby of a speckled tree rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A speckled tree rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Countries
Colombia and Venezuela

Facts about the speckled tree rat

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1. spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation -- (a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "a fleck of red")
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