Atlantic spiny rat

Atlantic spiny rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Trinomys
Thomas, 1921
Type species
Echimys albispinus
Species

Trinomys albispinus
Trinomys dimidiatus
Trinomys eliasi
Trinomys gratiosus
Trinomys iheringi
Trinomys mirapitanga
Trinomys moojeni
Trinomys myosuros
Trinomys paratus
Trinomys setosus
Trinomys yonenagae

The Atlantic spiny rats are all found in the genus Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae.

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