Pantanal Punare
Thrichomys pachyurus (Wagner, 1845)
Also calledPantanal-Punaré (deu) · Punaré (por) · Punaré del Paraguay (ita) · Punaré du Paraguay (fra) · Punaré-do-Pantanal (por) · Rato-boiadeiro (por) · włochatokolczak paragwajski (pol) · パラグアイイノシシトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Archiv. Naturg. vol.1 p.146
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Originally described in the genus Isothrix by Wagner (1845) and included in Isothrix by Tate (1935) and Ellerman (1940). Included in Thrichomys apereoides by Cabrera (1961) but recognized as a distinct species based on chromosomal differentiation (Bonvicino et al., 2002) and sequence divergence (Braggio and Bonvicino, 2004). Karyotype has 2 n = 34; FN = 64 (Bonvicino et al., 2002).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information for this species.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Northern and central Cerrado ecoregions at elevations of 130 - 1190 m, being lowest in northern extreme of the distribution. Pantanal Punares occur in dry forest patches, including aggregations of Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae) palms. In seasonally wet Pantanal devoid of rocky areas, individuals have been caught in traps set in trees 1 - 5 m above ground during the rainy season.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Home ranges of the Pantanal Punares estimated from grid trapping and radio-tracking are 0 - 26 - 2 - 9 ha (mean = 0 - 85 ha).
Echimyidae
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Every page naming Thrichomys pachyurus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262995.