Trinomys gratiosus

(Moojen, 1948)

Gracile Atlantic Spiny-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus : Trinomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Moojen, J. 1948-12-10. Speciation in the Brazilian spiny rats (genus Proechimys, family Echimyidae). University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 1(19):301-406.

Original name as described

Proechimys iheringi gratiosus

Other common names

Gracile Atlantic Spiny Rat

Type material

MN 4024

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Floresta da Caixa Dagua, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil; altitude 750 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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