Makalata macrura (Long-tailed Armored Tree Rat)
Makalata macrura (Wagner, 1842)
Large within the spiny rat family. The pelage is composed of fine stiff hairs and flattened but flexible spines (Patton et al., 2016). The dorsal pelage is reddish brown to yellowish brown heavily mixed with black, becoming darker orange toward the rump and base of the tail; the middle of the back…