Isothrix bistriata (Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat)
Isothrix bistriata (Wagner, 1845)
This is the largest species in the genus Isothrix. The face is reddish, the ears short and the eyes large. The vibrissae are large and extend to the shoulders. The pelage is soft, without the stiff spines characteristic of other genera of the family. Two well-defined dark brown to black stripes…
