White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | Trinomys |
Species: | T. albispinus |
Binomial name | |
Trinomys albispinus (Geoffroy, 1838) |
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Subspecies | |
T. a. albispinus Geoffrey, 1838) |
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Synonyms | |
Proechimys albispinus |
The White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat, Trinomys albispinus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.