Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat
| Black-spined Atlantic tree-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Phyllomys |
| Species: | P. nigrispinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllomys nigrispinus (Wagner, 1842) | |
The black-spined Atlantic tree-rat, Phyllomys nigrispinus, is a South American spiny rat species in the family Echimyidae. It is found in southeastern Brazil, where it inhabits moist broadleaf forest and semideciduous forest in the Atlantic Forest region.[1] It is arboreal and is believed to build nests of leaves in trees.[1] Its karyotype has 2n=52.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). Phyllomys nigrispinus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1581. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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