Carriker's Speckled Tree-rat

Carriker's Speckled Tree-ratThis arboreal rodent is recorded from lowlands in northern Venezuela. A review reports tree hollows as roosts and records in thorn forest near water and in isolated trees in savanna.What does it look like?The adult female type specimen had gray upperparts with rusty color along the middle of the back and spines with white tips. Its underside was whitish gray.How does it live?This arboreal rodent is recorded from lowlands in northern Venezuela. A review reports tree hollows as roosts and records in thorn forest near water and in isolated trees in savanna.Records describe it using tree hollows and occurring in thorn forest near water or in isolated trees in savanna.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.