Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat
Trinomys eliasi (Pessôa & Reis, 1993)
Also calledElias-Atlantikstachelratte (deu) · Rat-épineux d'Elias (fra) · Rato-de-espinho (por) · prakolczak skryty (pol) · エリアストゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Z. Säugetierk. vol.58 p.183
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Although eliasi was described and recognized as a subspecies of iheringi (Possôa and Reis, 1993, 1994, 1996), Lara and Patton (2000) elevated it to a species based on analysis of sequence data. The sister taxon of eliasi is paratus and these two taxa are included in a clade with setosus and yonenagae (Lara and Patton, 2000). Karyotype has 2 n = 58 and FN = 112 (Pessôa and Reis, 1996).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Município de Maricá, Reatinga da Barra de Maricá (22 o 31 ’ S, 47 o 17 ’ W).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. Elias’s Spiny-rat is reported to be crepuscular but probably is also nocturnal.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Prefers semideciduous and evergreen moist forests in the Atlantic Forest, most commonly on forest floor in dense, vine undergrowth and in and around fallen trees and complex tree roots. Elias’s Spiny-rat also occurs exclusively in forest patches within coastal sandy lowlands at sea level, otherwise characterized by open vegetation dominated by species of Myrtaceae, Erythoxilaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, and Mimosaceae.
Echimyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4262948.