Phyllomys thomasi
(von Ihering, 1897)
Giant 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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Ihering, H. 1897. A Ilha de São Sebastião. Revista do Museu Paulista 2:9–171.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11200480Original name as described
Mesomys thomasi
Other common names
Thomas's Atlantic Tree-rat · Thomas's Atlantic Tree Rat
Type material
MZUSP 47
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"Ilha de São Sebastião." Restricted by L. H. Emmons and colleagues in 2002 to "Ilha de São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil, 23°46'S 45°21'W."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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