Genus of mammals belonging to the spiny rat family of rodents
Thrichomys
Thrichomys apereoides
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Echimyidae
Subfamily:
Echimyinae
Tribe:
Myocastorini
Genus:
Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880
Type species
Nelomys apereoides
Lund, 1839
Species
Thrichomys apereoides Thrichomys fosteri Thrichomys inermis Thrichomys laurentius Thrichomys pachyurus
Thrichomys is a genus of South American rodents in the family Echimyidae.[1] It contains at least five species, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[2][3] They are as follows:
Thrichomys apereoides - Common punaré
Thrichomys fosteri - Foster's punaré
Thrichomys inermis - Highlands punaré
Thrichomys laurentius - Sao Lourenço punaré
Thrichomys pachyurus - Paraguayan punaré
^Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1589. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^E., Braggio; R., Bonvicino, C. (2004-04-12). "Molecular Divergence in the Genus Thrichomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 85 (2): 316–320. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0316:mditgt>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0022-2372.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Nascimento, Fabrícia F.; Lazar, Ana; Menezes, Albert N.; Durans, Andressa da Matta; Moreira, Jânio C.; Salazar-Bravo, Jorge; D′Andrea, Paulo S.; Bonvicino, Cibele R. (2013-04-18). "The Role of Historical Barriers in the Diversification Processes in Open Vegetation Formations during the Miocene/Pliocene Using an Ancient Rodent Lineage as a Model". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e61924. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...861924N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061924. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3630152. PMID 24349576.
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