Phyllomys sulinus

Y. L. R. Leite, A. U. Christoff, & Fagundes, 2008

Southern Atlantic 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 : Phyllomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Leite, Y.L.R., Christoff, A.U. and Fagundes, V. 2008-08-15. A new species of Atlantic Forest tree rat, genus Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from southern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 89(4):845-851.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-343.1

Original name as described

Phyllomys sulinus

Other common names

Southern Atlantic Tree Rat

Type material

MZUSP 33474

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"South bank of the Uruguay River, municipality of Aratiba, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 27°23'39"S 52°18'01"W, 420 m elevation."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Leite, Y. L., Christoff, A. U., & Fagundes, V. (2008). A new species of Atlantic Forest tree rat, genus Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) from southern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(4), 845-851.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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