Yonenaga's Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys yonenagae) or torch-tail spiny rat is a spiny rat species endemic to Brazil. Locally, it is known as rabo de facho...
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The Atlantic spiny rats are all found in the genus Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae. Based on Natureserve...
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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. Roach,...
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Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat or Ihering's spiny rat (Trinomys iheringi) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, and was named...
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The spiked Atlantic spiny-rat or Espirito Santo spiny rat (Trinomys paratus), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. Patterson...
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The hairy Atlantic spiny rat (Trinomys setosus) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. Bonvicino, C.R.; Catzeflis, F. (2016)...
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Moojen's Atlantic spiny-rat, (Trinomys moojeni) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is named after twentieth-century...
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The broad-headed spiny rat (Clyomys laticeps) is a spiny rat species from South America. The etymology of the species name is the Latin word laticeps...
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The Atlantic bamboo rat (Kannabateomys amblyonyx), or southern bamboo rat, is a spiny rat species found in humid tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil...
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Nutria (redirect from Neutral rat)
Myocastoridae, Myocastor is now included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats. The nutria lives in burrows alongside stretches of water and feeds...
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and neither is a valid derivation of the species name. "Gracile Atlantic spiny-rat" is inappropriate because the word gracile has nothing to do with...
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Ferreira's spiny tree-rat (Mesomys hispidus) is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname...
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Tome's spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus), also known as Tomes' spiny rat or the Central American spiny rat, is a species of spiny rat distributed from...
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The dark-caped Atlantic spiny rat or Mirapitanga spiny rat (Trinomys mirapitanga), is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Brazil. Also...
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Kerr's Atlantic tree-rat or Moojen's Atlantic tree rat (Phyllomys kerri), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Leite, Y.; Loss, C. (2016). "Phyllomys...
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Owl's spiny rat (Carterodon sulcidens) is a rodent species in the family Echimyidae found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Carterodon. Owl's...
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The Napo spiny rat (Proechimys quadruplicatus) is a spiny rat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Morphological characters...
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The golden Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys blainvillii) is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Leite, Y.; Loss, C. (2016). "Phyllomys blainvillii". IUCN...
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The rusty-sided Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys pattoni), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. Loss, C.; Leite, Y. (2016). "Phyllomys pattoni". IUCN Red...
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(armored rats), and both form a clade of lowland rainforest terrestrial spiny rats. On the other hand, Callistomys (painted tree-rats) is the sister group...
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The short-tailed spiny-rat (Proechimys brevicauda) or Huallaga spiny rat, is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru...
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The speckled spiny tree-rat (Pattonomys semivillosus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in northern Colombia and Venezuela....
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The soft-spined Atlantic spiny-rat (Trinomys dimidiatus) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. Bonvicino, C.R.; Catzeflis...
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long-tailed spiny rat (Proechimys longicaudatus) is a spiny rat species found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The long-tailed spiny rat is a large rat with...
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The Magdalena spiny rat (Proechimys magdalenae) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Morphological characters and...
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Lund's Atlantic tree-rat, (Phyllomys lundi), is a spiny rat species found in Brazil. The Atlantic Tree Rat thrives in a broad-leaf evergreen rain forest...
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The white-spined Atlantic spiny rat (Trinomys albispinus) is a spiny rat species endemic to Brazil. This is one of the smaller spiny rats, with a head-body...
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predators long enough for the spiny rat to escape. Unlike the tails of some species of lizards, however, the tails of spiny rats do not regenerate. Therefore...
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of the armored rat range from black to reddish brown, and has a pure white underside. They are similar in appearance to Tome's spiny-rat, but the eyes...
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The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia; it is found primary forest in...
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