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--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
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--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Eumysopinae
--> GENUS Trinomys
SPECIES Trinomys myosuros
Author: | Lichtenstein, 1820. | Citation: | Abh. Konig. Akad. Wiss., Berlin: 192. | Common Name: | Mouse-tailed Atlantic Spiny-rat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia. | Distribution: | Bahia (Brazil). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Proechimys myosuros. | Comments: | This taxon is only tentatively placed in Trinomys because the teeth remain undescribed. Thomas (1921a) synonymized it with setosus, whereas Moojen (1948) concluded that its affinities were with albispinus. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cinnamomeus (Lichtenstein, 1830) leptosoma (Brants, 1827)
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