| Atlantic spiny rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Euryzygomatomyinae |
| Genus: | Trinomys Thomas, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| Echimys albispinus | |
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Trinomys albispinus | |
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.