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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Trinomys
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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