Spiked Atlantic spiny rat

Spiked Atlantic spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Echimyidae
Subfamily:Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus:Trinomys
Species: T. paratus
Binomial name
Trinomys paratus
Moojen, 1948

The spiked Atlantic spiny-rat or Espirito Santo spiny rat (Trinomys paratus), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

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


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