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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Phyllomys
SPECIES Phyllomys medius
Author: | Thomas, 1909. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 239. | Common Name: | Long-furred Atlantic Tree-rat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Paraná, Serra do Mar, Roça Nova (25°28’S, 49°01’W, elev. 1000 m); as amended by Emmons et al. (2002). | Distribution: | Mainly along the coast in the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul, extends west into Araucaria forest in Paraná (S Brazil). | Comments: | Cabrera (1961) considered medius a subspecies of blainvillii but Emmons et al. (2002) and Leite (2003) documented species status. Karyotype has 2n=96 (Leite, 2003). |
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