Ihering's Spiny Rat
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| Trinomys iheringi Thomas, 1911 |
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Proechimys iheringi |
The Ihering's Spiny Rat, Trinomys iheringi, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, and was named in honor of Hermann von Ihering.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Proechimys iheringi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Infonatura
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
