The Atlantic spiny rats are all found in the genus Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae.[1][2]
^Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Trinomys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^Lara, Marcia C.; Patton, James L. (December 2000). "Evolutionary diversification of spiny rats (genus Trinomys, Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130 (4): 661–686. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb02205.x.
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