Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat

Taxobox | name = Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat
status = NE
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Echimyidae
genus = "Trinomys"
species = "T. yonenagae"
binomial = "Trinomys yonenagae"
binomial_authority = Rocha, 1995

The Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat, "Trinomys yonenagae", is a spiny rat species found in the rainforests of South America. [cite book | last =Emmons | first =Louise H. | coauthors =illustrations: Feer, François | title =Neotropical rainforest mammals : a field guide | publisher =University of Chicago Press | date =1990 | location =Chicago | id =ISBN 0226207161] Locally, it is known as rabo de facho.cite journal | last =Manaf | first =Paulo | coauthors = de Brito-Gitirana, Lycia; Oliveira, Elisabeth Spinelli | title =Evidence of chemical communication in the spiny rat Trinomys yonenagae (Echimyidae): Anal scent gland and social interactions | journal =Canadian Journal of Zoology | volume =81 | issue =7 | pages =1138–43 | date =Jul 2003 | doi =10.1139/z03-095 | accessdate =2007-03-02]

The Yonenaga's rat is a burrowing rodent that lives in colonies. As they live in an environment where vision is limited, they rely on scents from anal glands to provide cues as to identity and intention of other rodents in the colony.

References

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