Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat

Moojen's Atlantic spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Echimyidae
Subfamily:Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus:Trinomys
Species: T. moojeni
Binomial name
Trinomys moojeni
Pessôa, Oliveira and Reis, 1992

Moojen's Atlantic spiny-rat, Trinomys moojeni, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is named after twentieth-century Brazilian zoologist João Moojen.

References

  1. Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Trinomys moojeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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