Hairy Atlantic spiny rat

The hairy Atlantic spiny rat, Trinomys setosus, is a spiny rat species from South America.[2] It is endemic to Brazil.

Hairy Atlantic spiny rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Trinomys
Species:
T. setosus
Binomial name
Trinomys setosus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Subspecies

T. s. denigratus (Moojen, 1948)
T. s. elegans (Lund, 1841)
T. s. setosus (Desmarest, 1817)

Synonyms

Proechimys setosus

References

  1. Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Trinomys setosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Trinomys setosus". 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.


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