Hairy Atlantic Spiny-rat

Hairy Atlantic Spiny-rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Trinomys
Species: T. setosus
Binomial name
Trinomys setosus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Subspecies

T. s. denigratus (Moojen, 1948)
T. s. elegans (Lund, 1841)
T. s. setosus (Desmarest, 1817)

Synonyms

Proechimys setosus

The Hairy Atlantic Spiny-rat, Trinomys setosus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Catzeflis, F., Patton, J., Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). Trinomys setosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.