Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat

Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat or Moojen's Atlantic tree rat (Phyllomys kerri), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

Kerr's Atlantic Tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Phyllomys
Species:
P. kerri
Binomial name
Phyllomys kerri
(Moojen, 1950)

References

  1. Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Phyllomys kerri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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