Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat

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Orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Tribe: Echimyini
Genus: Phyllomys
Species:
P. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Phyllomys brasiliensis
Lund, 1840
Synonyms

Echimys brasiliensisLund, 1840

The orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat or red-nosed tree-rat (Phyllomys brasiliensis), is a spiny rat species endemic to Brazil.

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References

  1. Loss, C.; Leite, Y. (2016). "Phyllomys brasiliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T6978A22209830. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6978A22209830.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.