Ihering's Atlantic spiny rat
Appearance
Ihering's 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. iheringi
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Binomial name | |
Trinomys iheringi Thomas, 1911
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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
- Infonatura
- 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.