User:Manudouz/sandbox/Echimys vieirai
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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: | Echimys |
| Species: | E. vieirai
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| Echimys vieirai Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo and Percequillo 2005[1]
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Echimys vieirai is a spiny rat species from South America.[1] It is found in Brazil.
The main diagnostic character state of this Echimys species is the presence of a dorsal median dark maroon stripe on the head. As compared to Echimys chrysurus, E. vieirai also possesses a darker dorsum. In addition, E. vieirai can be distinguished from Echimys saturnus by possessing a head clearly darker than the dorsum and a uniformly grayish brown venter, while the dorsal parts of head and body are mostly black and the venter spotted with white in the latter species.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Iack-Ximenes, Gilson Evaristo; de Vivo, Mario; Percequillo, Alexandre Reis (2005). "A new species of Echimys Cuvier, 1809 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo). 45 (5): 51–60. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492005000500001. ISSN 0031-1049.