Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat

Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Phyllomys
Species: P. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Phyllomys brasiliensis
Lund, 1840
Synonyms

Echimys brasiliensis Lund, 1840

The orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat or red-nosed tree-rat (Phyllomys brasiliensis), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

  1. Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Phyllomys brasiliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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