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SPECIES Trinomys paratus

Author:Moojen, 1948.
Citation:Univ. Kansas Publ., Nus Nat. Hist., 1(19): 382.
Common Name:Spiked Atlantic Spiny-rat
Type Locality:Brazil, Espírito Santo, Santa Teresa, Floresta de Capela de São Braz (630 m) (19o50’S, 40o40’W).
Distribution:Espírito Santo, from Capela de São Braz southward to Cariacia and Itapemirim (SE Brazil).
Comments:Recognized as a subspecies of iheringi by Moojen (1948) and Pessôa and Reis (1996) but elevated to a species based on sequence analysis by Lara and Patton (2000).
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