Brazilian spiny tree-rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Brazilian spiny tree rat

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Patton, J. |author2=Weksler, M. |author3=Catzeflis, F. |date=2016 |title=Makalata didelphoides |volume=2016 |page=e.T13233A22206738 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13233A22206738.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

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| genus = Makalata

| species = didelphoides

| authority = (Desmarest, 1817)

| synonyms =

Echimys didelphoides Desmarest, 1817

Mesomys didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817)

Makalata armata (I. Geoffroy, 1838)

Makalata castanea (Allen & Chapman, 1893)

Makalata guianae (Thomas, 1888)

Makalata hispida (Lichtenstein, 1830)

Echimys longirostris Anthony, 1921

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The Brazilian spiny tree rat (Makalata didelphoides) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400441 | page = }} It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest. There is also a population in Ecuador which is referable either to this species or to Makalata macrurus. It is nocturnal and eats seeds.