<documentid="2E353F799EBF7A59B6FFE722063B821D"ID-CLB-Dataset="67690"ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.6623649"ID-GBIF-Dataset="5be7e52f-9b9c-4c03-99ed-f346bbcde1d0"ID-ISBN="978-84-941892-3-4"ID-Zenodo-Dep="6623649"IM.illustrations_requiresApprovalFor="plazi"IM.metadata_requiresApprovalFor="plazi"IM.taxonomicNames_requiresApprovalFor="plazi"checkinTime="1654607780702"checkinUser="carolina"docAuthor="Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier"docDate="2016"docId="03C5A071FFC7FFF3FFC351885270FDDC"docLanguage="en"docName="hbmw_6_Echimyidae_0552.pdf.imf"docOrigin="Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions"docTitle="Echimys vieirai Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo & Percequillo 2005"docType="treatment"docVersion="16"lastPageNumber="594"masterDocId="FFFCD809FFEDFFD9FFBC58095A61FF94"masterDocTitle="Echimyidae"masterLastPageNumber="604"masterPageNumber="552"pageNumber="594"updateTime="1732490168941"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<materialsCitationid="3B041B3AFFC7FFF3FBC252535F45F555"ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3866002306"pageId="42"pageNumber="594">“Barreirinha, right bank of the Tapajos, Para State, Brazil; geographic coordinate 04°25’S, 56°13’W.”</materialsCitation>
<paragraphid="8BD31167FFC7FFF3FD5F52CE5E2CF57C"blockId="42.[738,1331,2610,3029]"box="[739,1101,2759,2792]"pageId="42"pageNumber="594">This species is monotypic.</paragraph>
Head—body 245 mm, tail 340 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Vieira’s Tree-rat is small-sized, with dark brown back and nearly indistinct but dull brown sides, covered with flat spines on mid-back but not on rump, and overall with stiff bristled fur. Head has dark maroon medial stripe from crown to rostrum—a distinct feature compared with the geographically adjacent White-faced Tree-rat (
). Under parts of Vieira’s Tree-rat are light brown. Tail is 139% of head-body length and densely haired from base to tip. As in congeners, tail is longitudinally bicolored, with basal one-third glossy black and distal two-thirds white. Ears are short and covered by hairs of head. Hindfeet are broad, with powerful claws on each toe.
<emphasisid="B918CD75FFC7FFF3FF3D554F5BE4F2CB"bold="true"box="[129,389,3398,3423]"pageId="42"pageNumber="594">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
There is no specific information available for this species, but Vieira’s Tree-rat is likely to be folivorous—frugivorous and might also eat some arthropods.
<emphasisid="B918CD75FFC7FFF3FACF5985525BFE3D"bold="true"box="[1395,2106,396,425]"pageId="42"pageNumber="594">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
There is no information available for this species.