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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Clyomys
SPECIES Clyomys laticeps
| Author: | Thomas, 1909. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 240. | | Common Name: | Broad-headed Spiny Rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Santa Catarina, Joinville. | | Distribution: | Between Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (E Brazil) in savanna habitats. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | | Comments: | Highly fossorial and colonial. Karyotype has 2n=34 and FN=64 (Yonenaga, 1975). |
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