Trinomys moojeni

(Pessôa, J. A. de Oliveira, & S. F. dos Reis, 1992)

Moojen's 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

Pessôa, L.M., Oliveira, J.A. de and Reis, S.F. dos. 1992. A new species of spiny rat genus Proechimys, subgenus Trinomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 57:39-46.

Original name as described

Proechimys moojeni

Other common names

Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat · Moojen's Spiny Rat

Type material

MN 13380

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mata do Dr. Daniel, Conceição do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 19° 01'S, 43° 25'W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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