Kerr's Atlantic Tree Rat
Phyllomys kerri (Moojen, 1950)
Also calledKerrKistenbaumratte (deu) · KerrKlstenbaumratte (deu) · Rat-épineux de Kerr (fra) · Rato-da-árvore-Atlântico (por) · liścioszczur atlantycki (pol) · ウバトゥバキノボリトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Rev. Brasil. Biol. vol.10 p.489
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Known only from Ubatuba, on N coast of São Paulo.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Ubatuba, Estação Experimental de Ubatuba (23 o 25 ’ S, 45 o 07 ’ W); as restricted by Emmons et al. (2002).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Kerr's Atlantic Tree-rats are probably nocturnal.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Coastal rainforests of broadleaf evergreens in Atlantic Forest, close to the sea level. Kerr’s Atlantic Tree-rat has small distribution and reduced area of occupancy.
Echimyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262925.