Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat
Appearance
Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Euryzygomatomyinae |
Genus: | Trinomys |
Species: | T. myosuros
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Binomial name | |
Trinomys myosuros (Lichtenstein, 1830)
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Synonyms | |
Proechimys myosuros |
The mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys myosuros) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ Brito, D.; Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Trinomys myosuros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.