Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Euryzygomatomyinae |
Genus: | Trinomys |
Species: | T. iheringi |
Binomial name | |
Trinomys iheringi (Thomas, 1911) | |
Synonyms | |
Proechimys iheringi |
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