Punaré
Punaré | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Eumysopinae |
Genus: | Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880 |
Type species | |
Nelomys apereoides Lund, 1839 | |
Species | |
Thrichomys apereoides | |
The punaré are all found in the genus Thrichomys. They are South American rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains three species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. They are as follows:
- Common punaré (Thrichomys apereoides)
- Highlands punaré (Thrichomys inermis)
- Paraguayan punaré (Thrichomys pachyurus)
References
- ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1589. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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