Trinidad spiny rat

Trinidad spiny rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Proechimys
Species: P. trinitatus
Binomial name
Proechimys trinitatus
(J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1893)

The Trinidad spiny rat (Proechimys trinitatus[2]) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago.

References

  1. McKnight, M. & Emmons, L. (2008). Proechimys trinitatis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  2. Not trinitatis, Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005, Mamm. Spec. World., 3rd ed., p. 1588


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