Ihering's Atlantic spiny rat

Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Echimyidae
Subfamily:Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus:Trinomys
Species: T. iheringi
Binomial name
Trinomys iheringi
Thomas, 1911
Synonyms

Proechimys iheringi

Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys iheringi), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, and was named in honor of Hermann von Ihering.

References

  1. Bergallo, H.; Brito, D.; Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Trinomys iheringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  • Infonatura
  • Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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