Armored rat

Weight

240 g – 504 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

7.12 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

60 days

Young per litter or clutch

2.1

Active

At night (nocturnal)

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyEchimyidae
6. genusHoplomys
7. SpeciesHoplomys gymnurus (Thomas, 1897)

Synonyms Echimys gymnurus

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Nutria

Myocastor coypus

Echimyidae

C

Cuban hutia

Capromys pilorides

EchimyidaeNo free photo yet

I

Indian coney

Geocapromys brownii

EchimyidaeNo free photo yet

C

Cabrera s hutia

Mesocapromys angelcabrerai

EchimyidaeNo free photo yet

A

Atlantic bamboo rat

Kannabateomys amblyonyx

EchimyidaeNo free photo yet

S

Spiny tree rat

Mesomys hispidus

EchimyidaeNo free photo yet

CompareArmored rat vs NutriaArmored rat vs Cuban hutiaArmored rat vs Indian coneyArmored rat vs Cabrera s hutia

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@misc{armored_rat_2026,
  title = {Armored rat (Hoplomys gymnurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/armored-rat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}