Short-furred Atlantic Tree-rat
Phyllomys unicolor (Wagner, 1842)
Also calledEinfarb-Klistenbaumratte (deu) · Rat-épineux unicolore (fra) · Rato-da-árvore (por) · Rato-da-árvore-Atlântico (por) · Rato-sauiá (por) · liścioszczur jednobarwny (pol) · lyhytpiikkirotta (fin) · ヒトイロキノボリトゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Arch. Naturgesch. vol.1 p.361
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: According to Cabrera (1961: 543), Thomas believed that unicolor was a synonym of brasiliensis. Emmons et al. (2002) suggested that the affinities of unicolor may be with medius, with which it shares many features.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: " Brasilia "; restricted by Emmons et al. (2002) to Bahia, 50 km SW Caravelas, Colonia Leopoldina (now Helvecia) (17 o 48 ’ S, 39 o 39 ’ W, elev. 59 m).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information are available for this species, but Unicolored Tree-rats are probably nocturnal.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Broadleaf evergreen rainforests near the coast. The Unicolored Tree-ratis only known from a single type specimen collected in the 19 " century.
Echimyidae
In the stacks
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Every page naming Phyllomys unicolor in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262935.