| Soft-spined 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. dimidiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trinomys dimidiatus (Günther, 1877) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Proechimys dimidiatus | |
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