Elias's Atlantic spiny rat

Last updated

Elias' Atlantic spiny-rat
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Trinomys
Species:
T. eliasi
Binomial name
Trinomys eliasi
Pessoa and dos Reis (1993)
Trinomys eliasi distribution (colored).png

Elias's Atlantic spiny-rat or the Rio de Janeiro spiny rat (Trinomys eliasi), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

Related Research Articles

The tufted-tailed spiny tree-rat or furtive spiny tree-rat is a spiny rat species known from Amazonas, northwestern Brazil, where it is found in tropical rainforest. The species is arboreal.

The short-tailed spiny-rat or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guyenne spiny rat</span> Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents

The Guyenne spiny-rat or Cayenne spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The mouse-tailed Atlantic spiny-rat is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roberto's spiny rat</span> Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents

Roberto's spiny-rat or Para spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White-spined Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The white-spined Atlantic spiny rat is a spiny rat species endemic to Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The soft-spined Atlantic spiny-rat is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gracile Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

Trinomys gratiosus is a species in the mainly South American family Echimyidae, the spiny rats; it occurs in southeast Brazil from the south bank of the River Doce, Espirito Sante, southward to Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro.

Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat or Ihering's spiny rat is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, and was named in honor of Hermann von Ihering.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat or Mirapitanga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moojen's Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spiked Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The spiked Atlantic spiny-rat or Espirito Santo spiny rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hairy Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The hairy Atlantic spiny rat is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yonenaga's Atlantic spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

Yonenaga's Atlantic spiny-rat or torch-tail spiny rat is a spiny rat species endemic to Brazil. Locally, it is known as rabo de facho. Named for Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda, a cytogenetics researcher, it is considered an endangered species due to its highly restricted distribution and ongoing habitat loss. Genetic evidence shows that it diverged from its closest living relative, the hairy Atlantic spiny rat, around 8.5 million years ago, during the Late Miocene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atlantic spiny rat</span> Genus of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tome's spiny rat</span> Species of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents

Tome's spiny rat, also known as Tomes' spiny rat or the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat distributed from Honduras to Ecuador. The IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colombian soft-furred spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The Colombian soft-furred spiny-rat, or arboreal soft-furred spiny-rat, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufous soft-furred spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The rufous soft-furred spiny-rat, known as ratón espinoso meaning "spiny" or "thorny" rat in Spanish, is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. In November 2015, it was spotted for the first time in Osa, Costa Rica by the Costa Rican researcher Jim Córdoba-Alfaro.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tokunoshima spiny rat</span> Species of rodent

The Tokunoshima spiny rat is a rodent found only on the island of Tokunoshima in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Due to its small habitat, it is considered endangered. It is commonly found in the secondary and primary subtropical moist broadleaf forests of this island. The karyotype has an odd diploid number, 2n = 45. Like its relative T. osimensis, it is one of the few mammals that lack a Y chromosome and SRY gene.

References

  1. Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Trinomys eliasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T136407A22211833. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136407A22211833.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.