HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Trinomys
SPECIES Trinomys mirapitanga
Author: | Lara, Patton, and Hingst-Zaher, 2002. | Citation: | Mamm. Biol., 67(10): 236. | Common Name: | Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia, 16 km W Porto Seguro, Estação Ecológica do Pau Brasil (16o22’S, 39o11’W, 40 m alt). | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | Comments: | Listed as Trinomys sp. in Lara and Patton (2000) and placed as the basal member of a clade also containing dimitiatus and iheringi (see also Lara et al., 2002). |
|
|
|
|