Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat

Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Trinomys
Species: T. moojeni
Binomial name
Trinomys moojeni
Pessôa, Oliveira and Reis, 1992

Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat, Trinomys moojeni, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is named after twentieth-century Brazilian zoologist João Moojen.

References

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