Amazon Bamboo Rat
Dactylomys dactylinus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyEchimyidae (Spiny Rats and Hutias)
- GenusDactylomys (Amazonian Bamboo Rats)
- SpeciesDactylomys dactylinus (Amazon Bamboo Rat)
Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Long-tailed Tree Rat
Makalata macrura
Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat
Isothrix bistriata
Spiny Tree Rat
Mesomys hispidus
Napo Spiny Rat
Proechimys quadruplicatus
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Black Agouti
Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Spotted Paca
Cuniculus paca
Long-tailed Porcupine
Coendou longicaudatus
bicolored arboreal rice rat
Oecomys bicolor
Green Acouchi
Myoprocta pratti
Northern Amazon Red Squirrel
Sciurus igniventris
Western Amazonian Oryzomys
Hylaeamys perenensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Amazon Bamboo Rat at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |