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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Phyllomys
SPECIES Phyllomys blainvillii
| Author: | Jordan, 1837. | | Citation: | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de L’Academie des Sciences, 15: 522. | | Common Name: | Golden Atlantic Tree-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia, Isla de Deos; restricted to Seabra (ca. 12o25’S, 41o46’W) by Emmons et al. (2002). | | Distribution: | NE Brazil, S Ceara to N Minas Gerais. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Echimys blainvilei (sic). Most abundant species of Phyllomys in museum collections. | | Comments: | Name incorrectly spelled as blainvillei by Wagner (1840). Karyotype has 2n=50 and FN=94 (Leite, 2003). |
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