Giant Atlantic tree-rat
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Tribe: | Echimyini |
Genus: | Phyllomys |
Species: | P. thomasi
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Binomial name | |
Phyllomys thomasi (H. von Ihering, 1897)
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The giant Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys thomasi) is a spiny rat species from Brazil. It is endemic to São Sebastião Island off the coast of São Paulo State. The island is largely protected by the Ilhabela State Park.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leite, Y.; Loss, C. (2016). "Phyllomys thomasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6989A22210762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6989A22210762.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Parque Estadual de Ilhabela (in Portuguese), Parque Estadual de Ilhabela, retrieved 2016-12-23