Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1575 1592 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Makalata macrura (Wagner 1842) [Loncheres] macrura Wagner 1842 , Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 360 . Type Locality: Brazil , Amazonas , Borba. Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat . Distribution: C Brazil west to N Peru and E Ecuador (see Patton et al., 2000 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Echimys macrurus . Discussion: Considered a large form of Makalata didelphoides by Emmons and Feer (1997) that might represent a distinct species, a hypothesis now supported by morphological and molecular evidence ( Patton et al., 2000 ).