White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat

The White-spined Atlantic Spiny-rat, Trinomys albispinus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Proechimys albispinus 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
• Infonatura
• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.