Makalata rhipidura (Peruvian armored tree-rat) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Hystricomorpha (hystricognath rodents)
        
        Infraorder Hystricognathi (hystricognath rodents)
        
        Family Echimyidae (spiny rats)
        
        Subfamily Echimyinae (spiny rats)
        
        Genus Makalata (armored spiny rat)
        
        Species Makalata rhipidura (Peruvian armored tree-rat)