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--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Phyllomys
SPECIES Phyllomys lundi
Author: | Leite, 2003. | Citation: | Publ. Zool., Univ. Cal. Press, 132: 19. | Common Name: | Lund’s Atlantic Tree-rat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais, 4 km SE Passa Vinte, Fazenda do Bené (22o14’S, 44o12’W, elev. 680 m). | Distribution: | Known only from two localities 200 km apart in southern Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). | Comments: | One of the smallest species in the genus; possibly related to P. nigrispinus. |
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