Thrichomys

Thrichomys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Eumysopinae
Genus: Thrichomys
Trouessart, 1880
Type species
Nelomys apereoides
Lund, 1839
Species

Thrichomys apereoides
Thrichomys inermis
Thrichomys pachyurus

Thrichomys is a South American rodent genus in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains three species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. They are as follows:

References

  1. 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. 1589. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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