Highlands punaré

Highlands punaré
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Thrichomys
Species: T. inermis
Binomial name
Thrichomys inermis
Pictet, 1841

The highlands punaré, Thrichomys inermis, is a caviomorph rodent of South America from the spiny rat family.[2] It is endemic to gallery forest, savanna and rocky outcrop habitats in Bahia State within the cerrado ecoregion of eastern Brazil.[1] The species tolerates a degree of habitat disturbance. Although hunted, it is considered common throughout its range.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Thrichomys inermis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136355A22206143. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. 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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