Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat

Moojen's Atlantic spiny-rat, (Trinomys moojeni) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is named after twentieth-century Brazilian zoologist João Moojen.

Moojen's Atlantic spiny-rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Trinomys
Species:
T. moojeni
Binomial name
Trinomys moojeni
Pessôa, Oliveira and Reis, 1992

References

  1. Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Trinomys moojeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136543A22211597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136543A22211597.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.


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