Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny Rat

Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Trinomys
Species:	T. mirapitanga
Binomial name
Trinomys mirapitanga Lara, Patton and Hingst-Zaher, 2002

The Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat, Trinomys mirapitanga, or Mirapitanga Spiny Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

1. ^ Moura, R., Brito, D., Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). Trinomys mirapitanga. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.

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