Highlands punaré

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Highlands punaré
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Thrichomys
Species: T. inermis
Binomial name
Thrichomys inermis
Pictet, 1841

The highlands punaré, Thrichomys inermis, is a caviomorph rodent of South America from the spiny rat family.[2] It is endemic to gallery forest, savanna and rocky outcrop habitats in Bahia State within the cerrado ecoregion of eastern Brazil.[1] The species tolerates a degree of habitat disturbance. Although hunted, it is considered common throughout its range.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bonvicino, C. & Geise, L. (2008). "Thrichomys inermis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 
  2. ↑ Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1589. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 


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