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Genus of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Makalata is a genus of rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1]
Makalata Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
Tribe: | Echimyini |
Genus: | Makalata Husson, 1978 |
Type species | |
Nelomys armatus | |
Species | |
Makalata didelphoides |
The etymology of this genus name derives from a combination of letters inspired by the Suriname native name Maka-alata for spiny rats.[2]
This genus contains the following species:
Makalata is the sister genus to Echimys and Phyllomys. These taxa are closely related to the genera Pattonomys and Toromys, reflecting the fact Pattonomys occasius and Toromys grandis have been placed in Makalata by some authorities.[3][4] In turn, these five genera share phylogenetic affinities with a clade containing the bamboo rats Dactylomys, Olallamys, Kannabateomys together with Diplomys and Santamartamys.[5]
Genus-level cladogram of the Echimyini. |
The cladogram has been reconstructed from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA characters.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][5] |