Golden Atlantic Tree-rat
Phyllomys blainvilii (Jourdan, 1837)
Also calledGoldfarbige Kistenbaumratte (deu) · Rat-épineux doré (fra) · Rato-da-árvore-Atlântico (por)
First described in: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de L Academie des Sciences vol.15 p.522
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Echimys blainvilei (sic). Most abundant species of Phyllomys in museum collections.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
Discussion: Name incorrectly spelled as blainvillei by Wagner (1840). Karyotype has 2 n = 50 and FN = 94 (Leite, 2003).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Brazil, Bahia, Isla de Deos; restricted to Seabra (ca. 12 o 25 ’ S, 41 o 46 ’ W) by Emmons et al. (2002).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but specimen collection data suggest that Golden Atlantic Tree-rats might be nocturnal.
Echimyidae
In the stacks
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Every page naming Phyllomys blainvilii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5847663.