Southern Atlantic Tree Rat
Phyllomys sulinus Leite, Christoff & Fagundes, 2008
Also calledRat-épineux austral (fra) · Rato-da-árvore-Atlântico (por) · Sidliche Kiistenbaumratte (deu) · Sldliche Kiistenbaumratte (deu) · liścioszczur skryty (pol)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Southern Atlantic Tree-rats are probably nocturnal.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Coastal inland habitats, in areas of broadleaf evergreen rainforest, semideciduous forest, and evergreen araucaria (Araucariaceae) forests from sea level to elevations of ¢. 850 m. The Southern Atlantic Tree-rat is widespread; it might be locally common, but due to fragmentation, its habitat is highly threatened.
Echimyidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Southern Atlantic Tree-rat is arboreal and probably solitary.
Echimyidae
breeding
Breeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Southern Atlantic Tree-rat probably nests aboveground, usually in tree hollows.
Echimyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9982400.