Makalata
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyEchimyidae
Observations recorded998
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Echimyinae
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- Category:Makalata
- taxon name
- Makalata
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Holocene
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Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.
==Systematics== The etymology of this genus name derives from a combination of letters inspired by the Suriname native name Maka-alata for spiny rats.
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