Drab Atlantic Tree Rat
Phyllomys dasythrix Hensel, 1872
Also calledDistere Kistenbaumratte (deu) · Distere Klistenbaumratte (deu) · Rat-épineux bistre (fra) · Rato-da-árvore-Atlântico (por) · liścioszczur bury (pol) · riograndenpiikkirotta (fin) · アラゲキノボリトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Abh. Konigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin p.49
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: S Parana to Rio Grande do Sul, usually below 800 m (S Brazil).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (30 o 04 ’ S, 51 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 Atlantic tree-rats are nocturnal.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Semideciduous forest and potentially in evergreen araucaria (Araucariaceae) forest inland from sea level to elevations of ¢. 800 m.
Echimyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262932.