Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 Family Echimyidae Gray, 1825 - spiny rats Subfamily Echimyinae Gray, 1825 Genus Makalata Husson, 1978 Makalata armata (I. Geoffroy, 1830) see Makalata didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817)