Dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat

Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Trinomys
Species: T. mirapitanga
Binomial name
Trinomys mirapitanga
Lara, Patton and Hingst-Zaher, 2002

The Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat, Trinomys mirapitanga, or Mirapitanga Spiny Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

  1. Moura, R., Brito, D., Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). Trinomys mirapitanga. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.