| Common Punaré | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Thrichomys |
| Species: | T. apereoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Thrichomys apereoides (Lund, 1839) |
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The Common Punaré, Thrichomys apereoides, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay in scrub and rock outcrop habitats in the cerrado, caatinga and chaco ecoregions.[1] It is crepuscular and breeds in all seasons.[1]