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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Thrichomys
SPECIES Thrichomys inermis
| Author: | Pictet, 1941. | | Citation: | Not. Anim. Nouv. Mus. Geneve, 2: 23. | | Common Name: | Highlands Punaré | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia. | | Distribution: | Highlands of Chapada Diamantia, Bahia, Brazil. | | Comments: | Included in apereoides by Moojen (1952) and Cabrera (1961) but recognized as a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation (Bonvicino et al., 2002) and sequence divergence (Braggio and Bonvicino, 2004). Karyotype has 2n=26; FN=48 (Bonvicino et al., 2002; Leal-Mesquita et al., 1993). |
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