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Northern Sulawesi Echiothrix Echiothrix leucura
Also called the Sulawesi spiny rat. It is endemic to northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
image by Carlos N. G. Bocos
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Northern Sulawesi Echiothrix Echiothrix leucura
Also called the Sulawesi spiny rat. It is endemic to northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
image by Carlos N. G. Bocos
Hairy Atlantic spiny rat (Trinomys setosus) By: Joao Moojen From: Walker's Mammals of the World 1964
Richter Q.
1) "Who am I?" - Richter Quake, non-binary, ISFP, spiny rat. Orphaned, explorer, especially of caves ever since they discovered a skarn deposit. Wants to explore the unseen wonders, hidden beyond the surface world. Nicknames: Richie, Riq (pronounced 'Rick'), Rickie, Richie Q.
2) "Sis" - They were found by Chroma (my other Sonic OC) excavating wreckage from an Eggman attack. She becomes their guardian after they bonded over admiration of her strength. They make bank from the minerals and jewels that they discover in the earth.
3) "Crush" - They crush on Cream, whose mother offers support to Richie and Chroma when money's tight, though they both prefer not to give Vanilla two more people to raise. Cream and Cheese are fascinated by the Diggers (Richie's name for the gloves and boots they made from scraps of Eggman's robots).
4) "Partner & Friend" - Older, ready to explore the world and adventure, together!
Golden Atlantic Tree Rat Phyllomys blainvilii
A rat from northeastern Brazil. This species is nocturnal and is probably folivorous. It is strongly arboreal, and some species construct leaf nests in tree cavities.
image by Filipe Amorim
Paraguayan Punaré Thrichomys pachyurus
It is found in savannas and forest edges in southwestern Brazil and northern Paraguay within the cerrado ecoregion.
image by Paul Carter
Tome's Spiny Rat Proechimys semispinosus
A species of spiny rat distributed from Honduras to Ecuador. Tome's spiny rat is a nocturnal, mainly ground-dwelling rat. During the day it may hide in a burrow or under a fallen tree, in a hollow log or in dense vegetation. At night it moves slowly and often sits stationary beside a tree buttress or log. It may freeze if caught in the open. It feeds on fruits and seeds, fungi, plant material and insects, carrying larger objects to a safe place before consuming them.
image by Mike Richardson
Broad-headed Spiny Rat Clyomys laticeps
A spiny rat species from Brazil and Paraguay. These rats live in colonies and spend much of their life underground. The burrows can be large and relatively complex, with tunnels 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) wide, spiralling down as much as 85 cm (33 in) to one or more nests lined with grass or containing food stocks.
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Brown's Toró Isothrix barbarabrownae
A member of the spiny rat family from Peru. It inhabits the Peruvian cloud forest, where it forages for fruit and nuts. It is a nocturnal, climbing rodent which was collected by scientists in 1999, and formally described in 2006.
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