|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Thrichomys
SPECIES Thrichomys pachyurus
| Author: | Wagner, 1845. | | Citation: | Archiv. Naturg., 1: 146. | | Common Name: | Paraguayan Punaré | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Matto Grosso, Cuiabá. | | Distribution: | Mato Grosso (S Brazil), Paraguay. | | Comments: | Originally described in the genus Isothrix by Wagner (1845) and included in Isothrix by Tate (1935) and Ellerman (1940). Included in Thrichomys apereoides by Cabrera (1961) but recognized as a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation (Bonvicino et al., 2002) and sequence divergence (Braggio and Bonvicino, 2004). Karyotype has 2n=34; FN=64 (Bonvicino et al., 2002). |
|
| Offspring: | Synonyms:
crassicaudus (Wagner, 1947)
fosteri (Thomas, 1903)
|
|
|
