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Broad-headed Spiny Rat
Clyomys laticeps (Thomas, 1909)
Also calledBreitkopf-Stachelratte (deu) · Rat-épineux a téte large (fra) · Rato-de-espinho-do-Cerrado (por) · Savannestekelrat (nld) · kaivajapiikkirotta (fin) · kolcokopacz szerokogłowy (pol) · koro Bishopův (ces) · koro hrabavý (ces) · santacatarinanpiikkirotta (fin) · Клиомис (rus) · アナホリトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.4 p.240
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Highly fossorial and colonial. Karyotype has 2 n = 34 and FN = 64 (Yonenaga, 1975).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
distribution
Distribution: Between Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (E Brazil) in savanna habitats.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Between Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (E Brazil) in savanna habitats.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Between Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina (E. Brazil).
Order Rodentia (Part 6)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Clyomys laticeps in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439808.