Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat

Soft-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Trinomys
Species: T. dimidiatus
Binomial name
Trinomys dimidiatus
(Günther, 1877)
Synonyms

Proechimys dimidiatus

The soft-spined Atlantic spiny-rat, Trinomys dimidiatus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil.

References

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


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