Trinomys mirapitanga

Lara, J. L. Patton, & Hingst-Zaher, 2002

Pau Brasil Spiny-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Trinomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lara, M.C., Patton, J.L. and Hingst-Zaher, E. 2002. Trinomys mirapitanga, a new species of spiny rat (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Mammalian Biology 67(4):233-242.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1078/1616-5047-00034

Original name as described

Trinomys mirapitanga

Other common names

Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny-rat · Pau Brasil Spiny Rat

Type material

MN 31460

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Estação Ecológica do Pau Brasil, 16 km W Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, 16°22'S 39°11'W, 40 m alt."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001481

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Names and synonyms

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Trinomys mirapitanga

Lara, J. L. Patton, & Hingst-Zaher, 2002

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

mirapitanga

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 31460

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Estação Ecológica do Pau Brasil, 16 km W Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, 16*22'S 39*11'W. 40 m alt (see Fig. 1).

Type locality

Brazil: Bahia: 16°24′S, 39°11′W.

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Mammalian Biology

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136305/22211934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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