White-spined Spiny Rat
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| Trinomys albispinus (Geoffroy, 1838) |
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T. a. albispinus Geoffrey, 1838) |
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Proechimys albispinus |
The White-spined Spiny Rat, Trinomys albispinus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Proechimys albispinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Infonatura
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
