Thrichomys laurentius

O. Thomas, 1904

Sao Lourenço Punare

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Myocastorini
Genus : Thrichomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904-04-01. New forms of Saimiri, Saccopteryx, Balantiopteryx, and Thrichomys from the Neotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13(76):250-255.

Original name as described

Thrichomys laurentius

Other common names

São Lourenço Punaré

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.10.1.68

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"São Lourenço [= São Lorenço da Mata], near Pernambuco, Alt. 50 m," Pernambuco, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from apereoides; spelt -ius rather than -eus as done in MSW3

Taxonomy notes citation

Neves, A. C. S. A., & Pessoa, L. M. (2011). Morphological distinction of species of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) through ontogeny of cranial and dental characters. Zootaxa, 2804(1), 15-24.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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