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Atlantic Spiny Rats
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Atlantic Spiny Rats

Trinomys

The Atlantic spiny rats are all found in the genus Trinomys. They are a group of South American spiny-rats in the family Echimyidae.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Ihering's Spiny Rat

speciesTrinomys iheringi

Mouse-tailed Spiny Rat

speciesTrinomys setosus

Atlantic Spiny Rat

speciesTrinomys dimidiatus

Gracile Atlantic Spiny-rat

speciesTrinomys gratiosus

White-spined Spiny Rat

speciesTrinomys albispinus

Moojen's Atlantic Spiny-rat

speciesTrinomys moojeni

Elias' Atlantic Spiny-rat

speciesTrinomys eliasi

Spiked Atlantic Spiny-rat

speciesTrinomys paratus

Dark-caped Atlantic Spiny Rat

speciesTrinomys mirapitanga

Yonenaga's Atlantic Spiny-rat

speciesTrinomys yonenagae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71930.