Echimys vieirai
G. E. Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo, & Percequillo, 2005
Vieira's Tree-rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
| Family | : Echimyidae |
| Subfamily | : Echimyinae |
| Tribe | : Echimyini |
| Genus | : Echimys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Iack-Ximenes, G.E., Vivo, M. de and Percequillo, A.R. 2005. A new species of Echimys Cuvier, 1809 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45(5):51-60.
Authority publication link
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492005000500001Original name as described
Echimys vieirai
Other common names
Vieira's Spiny Tree-rat · Vieira's Spiny Tree Rat
Type material
MZUSP 26650
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Barreirinha, right bank of the Tapajós, Pará State, Brazil; geographic coordinate 04°25'S, 56°13'W."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Iack-Ximenes, G.E., de Vivo, M. and Percequillo, A.R. 2005. A New Species of Echimys cuvier, 1809 (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from Brazil. Papéis Avulsos Zoologia, São Paulo 45(5): 51-60.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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