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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Trinomys
SPECIES Trinomys eliasi
| Author: | Pessôa and Reis, 1993. | | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 58: 183. | | Common Name: | Elias’ Atlantic Spiny-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Município de Maricá, Reatinga da Barra de Maricá (22o31’S, 47o17’W). | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Comments: | Although eliasi was described and recognized as a subspecies of iheringi (Possôa and Reis, 1993, 1994, 1996), Lara and Patton (2000) elevated it to a species based on analysis of sequence data. The sister taxon of eliasi is paratus and these two taxa are included in a clade with setosus and yonenagae (Lara and Patton, 2000). Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 (Pessôa and Reis, 1996). |
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