Dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat
| Dark-caped Atlantic spiny-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Trinomys |
| Species: | T. mirapitanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Trinomys mirapitanga Lara, Patton and Hingst-Zaher, 2002 | |
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The dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat, Trinomys mirapitanga, or Mirapitanga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.
Also known as the Pau Brazil Spiny Rat, it is known only from specimens found at two locations on the southern Bahia coast, the Pau-Brasil Ecological Station and the Fazenda São João.[2]
References
- ↑ Moura, R.; Brito, D.; Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Trinomys mirapitanga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ↑ Patton, James L. (2015-03-09), Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6, retrieved 2016-05-28
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