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

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

Infonatura

Extant species of family Echimyidae (Spiny rats)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha

Dactylomyinae

Dactylomys	Bolivian bamboo rat (D. boliviensis) Amazon bamboo rat (D. dactylinus) Montane bamboo rat (D. peruanus)

Kannabateomys	Atlantic bamboo rat (K. amblyonyx)

Olallamys	White-tailed olalla rat (O. albicauda) Greedy olalla rat (O. edax)

Echimyinae

Callistomys	Painted tree-rat (C. pictus)

Diplomys	Colombian soft-furred spiny rat (D. caniceps) Rufous soft-furred spiny rat (D. labilis) Red-crested soft-furred spiny rat (D. rufodorsalis)

Echimys	White-faced spiny tree rat (E. chrysurus) Dark spiny tree rat (E. saturnus) Speckled spiny tree rat (E. semivillosus)

Isothrix	Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat (I. bistriata) Rio Negro brush-tailed rat (I. negrensis) Plain brush-tailed rat (I. pagurus) Sinnamary brush-tailed rat (I. sinnamariensis)

Makalata	Red-nosed armored tree-rat (M. didelphoides) Giant armored tree rat (M. grandis) Long-tailed armored tree-rat (M. macrura) Dark armored tree-rat (M. obscura) Bare-tailed armored tree-rat (M. occasius) Peruvian armored tree-rat (M. rhipidura)

Phyllomys	Golden Atlantic tree rat (P. blainvillii) Orange-brown Atlantic tree rat (P. brasiliensis) Drab Atlantic tree rat (P. dasythrix) Kerr's Atlantic tree rat (P. kerri) Pallid Atlantic tree rat (P. lamarum) Lund's Atlantic tree rat (P. lundi) Mantiqueira Atlantic tree rat (P. mantiqueirensis) Long-furred Atlantic tree rat (P. medius) Blacked-spined Atlantic tree rat (P. nigrispinus) Rusty-sided Atlantic tree rat (P. pattoni) Giant Atlantic tree rat (P. thomasi) Short-furred Atlantic tree rat (P. unicolor)

Eumysopinae

Carterodon	Owl's spiny rat (C. sulcidens)

Clyomys	Bishop's fossorial spiny rat (C. bishopi) Broad-headed spiny rat (C. laticeps)

Euryzygomatomys	Brandt's guiara (E. guiara) Fischer's Guiara (E. spinosus)

Hoplomys	Armored rat (H. gymnurus)

Lonchothrix	Tuft-tailed spiny tree rat (L. emiliae)

Mesomys	Ferreira's spiny tree rat (M. hispidus) Woolly-headed spiny tree rat (M. leniceps) Tufted-tailed spiny tree rat (M. occultus) Pará spiny tree rat (M. stimulax)

Proechimys	Short-tailed spiny rat (P. brevicauda) Colombian spiny rat (P. canicollis) Boyacá spiny rat (P. chrysaeolus) Cuvier's spiny rat (P. cuvieri) Pacific spiny rat (P. decumanus) Stiff-spine spiny rat (P. echinothrix) Gardner's spiny rat (P. gardneri) Goeldi's spiny rat (P. goeldii) Guaira spiny rat (P. guairae) Guyenne spiny rat (P. guyannensis) Guyanan spiny rat (P. hoplomyoides) Kulina spiny rat (P. kulinae) Long-tailed spiny rat (P. longicaudatus) Magdalena spiny rat (P. magdalenae) Minca spiny rat (P. mincae) O'Connell's spiny rat (P. oconnelli) Patton's spiny rat (P. pattoni) Gray-footed spiny rat (P. poliopus) Napo spiny rat (P. quadruplicatus) Roberto's spiny rat (P. roberti) Tome's spiny rat (P. semispinosus) Simon's spiny rat (P. simonsi) Steere's spiny rat (P. steerei) Trinidad spiny rat (P. trinitatus) Sucre spiny rat (P. urichi)

Thrichomys	Common punaré (T. apereoides) Highlands punaré (T. inermis) Paraguayan punaré (T. pachyurus)

Trinomys	White-spined Atlantic spiny rat (T. albispinus) Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat (T. dimidiatus) Elias' Atlantic spiny rat (T. eliasi) Gracile Atlantic spiny rat (T. gratiosus) Ihering's Atlantic spiny rat (T. iheringi) Dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat (T. mirapitanga) Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat (T. moojeni) Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat (T. myosuros) Spiked Atlantic spiny rat (T. paratus) Hairy Atlantic spiny rat (T. setosus) Yonenaga's Atlantic spiny rat (T. yonenagae)

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