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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Echimyinae
--> GENUS Phyllomys
SPECIES Phyllomys nigrispinus
| Author: | Wagner, 1842. | | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 361. | | Common Name: | Blacked-spined Atlantic Tree-rat | | Type Locality: | Brazil, São Paulo, Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, 20 km NW Sorocaba (23o26’S, 47o37’W); as amended by Emmons et al. (2002). | | Distribution: | SE Brazil, from the state of Rio de Janeiro to Paraná, mainly along the coastal zone, but extending inland to W São Paulo to at least 850 m. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Echimys nigrispinus. | | Comments: | Karyotype has 2n=52 (Leite, 2003). |
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