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GBIF·9815505speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyEchimyidae
  6. ›genusPhyllomys
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IUCN NE · Not evaluated

Central Brazilian Spiny Tree Rat

Phyllomys centralis Machado, Loss, Paz, Vieira, Rodrigues & Marinho-Filho, 2018

Also calledRato-da-árvore-Atlântico (por)

First described in: Machado, Leonardo F., Ana C. Loss, Anderson Paz, Emerson M. Vieira, Fernando P. Rodrigues & Jader Marinho-Filho. 2018. Phylogeny and biogeography of Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) reveal a new species from the Cerrado, and suggest Miocene connections of the Amazon and Atlantic Forest. Journal of mammalogy 99(2): 377–396.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9815505.