Common Punaré

Common Punaré
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Thrichomys
Species:	T. apereoides
Binomial name
Thrichomys apereoides (Lund, 1839)

The Common Punaré, Thrichomys apereoides, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay in scrub and rock outcrop habitats in the cerrado, caatinga and chaco ecoregions.^[1] It is crepuscular and breeds in all seasons.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Bonvicino, C. & Geise, L. (2008). Thrichomys apereoides. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.

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