Giant Atlantic tree-rat

Giant Atlantic tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Echimyidae
Tribe:Echimyini
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. The species is endemic to São Sebastião Island off the coast of São Paulo State, Brazil, which is protected by the Ilhabela State Park.[2]

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.
  2. ↑ Parque Estadual de Ilhabela (in Portuguese), Parque Estadual de Ilhabela, retrieved 2016-12-23


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