Giant Atlantic tree-rat

Giant Atlantic tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Phyllomys
Species: P. thomasi
Binomial name
Phyllomys thomasi
(Ihering, 1897)

The giant Atlantic tree-rat, Phyllomys thomasi, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

  1. Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Phyllomys thomasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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