Talk:Bristle-spined rat

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Endangered or not?

"Its habitat is dwindling rapidly and the species may be vulnerable to extinction. It is classified as vulnerable by IUCN and endangered by USDI (Nowak, 1999" No citation. "This animal is not endangered any more." No citation.

Somebody with knowledge want to clarify this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.251.183 (talk) 19:04, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting information on prehensile tails

The page about prehensile tails directs to the Bristle-spined rat and says "New World porcupines of the genera Coendou and Chaetomys have fully prehensile tails that help them to climb and prevent them from falling from trees.[2]"

but this page says "is the only member of the genus Chaetomys" and "They have long, naked tails which are not prehensile."

Some information on other sites: "The tail itself is long and scaly, but arguably not prehensile." - animaldiversity.org & Encyclopedia of Life

Please confirm which is correct and perhaps clarify the information?

Thank you. Katytanis (talk) 20:50, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]