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SPECIES Chaetomys subspinosus

Author:Olfers, 1818.
Citation:Neue Bibl. Reisenb.: 211.
Common Name:Bristle-spined Rat
Type Locality:Brazil, N Bahia, Salvador.
Distribution:Atlantic coastal forest of SE Brazil from S Sergipe state to N Rio de Janeiro, including easternmost Minas Gerais.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Vulnerable. More common in suitable habitats than previously thought (Oliver and Santos, 1991:17), and may be quite common near Urucuca in S Bahia.
Comments:Voss and Angermann (1997) indicated that Weid (1826) incorrectly gave the type locality as Cametá, in Pará state of Brazil, that Ávila-Pires (1967) erroneously emended the type to Ilhéus in Bahia state, and document that the type material was collected from Salvador. See Oliver and Santos (1991) for discussion of the confusion surrounding the distribution of this species. Hershkovitz (1959a) and Cabrera (1961) listed rutila (Olfers, 1818) and volubilis (Olfers, 1818) in their synonymies for C. subspinosus but H. volubilis Olfers, 1818 is a nomen nudum, and H. rutila Olfers, 1818, is unidentifiable, although possibly a Coendou nycthemera (Voss and Angermann, 1997).
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Synonyms:

    moricandi (Pictet, 1943)
    tortilis (Olfers, 1820)

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