Giant Atlantic tree-rat
(Redirected from Phyllomys thomasi)
| Giant Atlantic tree-rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Phyllomys |
| Species: | P. thomasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllomys thomasi (H. von Ihering, 1897)
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The giant Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys thomasi) is a spiny rat species from Brazil. It is endemic to São Sebastião Island off the coast of São Paulo State. The island is largely protected by the Ilhabela State Park.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leite, Y.; Loss, C. (2016). "Phyllomys thomasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6989A22210762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6989A22210762.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Parque Estadual de Ilhabela (in Portuguese), Parque Estadual de Ilhabela, retrieved 2016-12-23