Ihering's Atlantic spiny rat

Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Euryzygomatomyinae
Genus: Trinomys
Species:
T. iheringi
Binomial name
Trinomys iheringi
(Thomas, 1911)
Synonyms

Proechimys iheringi

Ihering's Atlantic spiny-rat or Ihering's spiny rat (Trinomys iheringi) is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, and was named in honor of Hermann von Ihering.

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